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Una historia sobre un grupo de orcos que roba un depósito de armas modernas perteneciente a un dragón. Las armas arrastran la maldición reconvertir a los que las portan en marines estadounidenses. El resto del Libro consiste en una serie de aventuras inconexas en las que se juega con la parodia de las películas de marines y la fantasía tradicional. Para cuándo al final del libro se resuelve el origen de las armas el lector ya ha perdido totalmente el interés. Aún así tiene momentos graciosos.

jmschomers's review against another edition

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3.0

This book was fine. I found the writing to be disjointed and it bounced around. There were some great scenes - specifically the trial at the end. But a lot of random things in between the good parts.

pumpkinspice_mustflow's review against another edition

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The book started out strong with an interesting take on Orcs as Marines, but I got tired of the battle scenes and juvenile humor.

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storytimed's review against another edition

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2.0

Kind of feels like something that'd be written on an old-school forum, like on Spacebattles or something. Very much a Nerd Power Fantasy, with loving detail on the minutiae of military whatevers, a frankly disquieting glorification of the US military and the kind of what's-bad-is-good moral compass of a 16-year-old who really, really likes the idea of the Evil alignment in D&D. Worldbuilding based entirely on porting real-world concepts over to a fantasy universe. Very self-indulgent and rescued only by how much fun the author is having, plus a few rather good female characters (see: Magda Brandiman).

ofchippo's review against another edition

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adventurous funny slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

barnesm31's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? N/A
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

An amusing cross between the fantasy stories of the great war between good and evil think Lord of the Rings and the comedic beats of war novels like Catch 22 and MASH.

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