148 reviews for:

The Sorcerer of Pyongyang: A Novel

Marcel Theroux

3.61 AVERAGE

manishavepa's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

lottie1803's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

spacetoread's review against another edition

4.0

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Very engaging and readable to me. The connection between D&D and life in North Korea didnt totally stick for me because I’m unaware of D&D intricacies, but I got the overall message. The ending was a surprise, overall a good read about a totalitarian regime.

lemurking's review against another edition

4.0

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nikolai_k's review against another edition

3.0

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In North Korea, when your Dungeon Master tries to touch your pee-pee (fails dexterity check, fails charisma check), that doesn't even make it in your top 100 problems.

A fascinating story told with a strange distance and flatness.

baileyboldt's review against another edition

4.0

challenging sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

prozac's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

kirstenrose22's review against another edition

4.0

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This is interesting, but occasionally falls flat. The whole premise is so fascinating, and the book moves along at a pretty rapid pace. Like other reviews, I didn’t like the authorial insertion of the narrative first-person voice: it felt awkward and intrusive and just didn’t fit with the rest of the book.

ofloveandlayovers's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

lyriclorelei's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

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When it switched to the narrator at the end, it felt like the focus on Jun-Su just completely dropped.