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vivekkodira's review against another edition
4.0
A guilty pleasure- the kind of book you would never admit to have read to your more 'literary' friends.
*spoilers alert*
Goes back to the main thread from the Earl perspective in the previous book.
Highlight: Management, the discovery of what the monster actually is and Ed
*spoilers alert*
Goes back to the main thread from the Earl perspective in the previous book.
Highlight: Management, the discovery of what the monster actually is and Ed
bulbasaurusthe7th's review against another edition
5.0
Newsflash, I still freaking adore this series and nobody can tell me I am wrong to do that. This book in specific, is possibly my favourite. Then again, I love all of them. But there is just something ridiculously hilarious about this one. I also love dragons.
In Las Vegas they organise the first international convention for monster hunters, so MHI needs to take part, right? Hunters work hard, party hard, earn big money they enjoy spending as well, the fight each other, because hey, they are all alpha as hell, which you need to go against unearthly powers. (Doesn't help that right next door someone has a huge gun trade show thing. Go figure.)
Then... monsters start popping up. Ones that have absolutely no place in Las Vegas. Why? How? What do we do now???
At this point we have so many cool characters and a convention is exactly the kind of place where they all can hang out and interact with each other.
Bonus points for more Mosh. He is a disaster and I love him.
Not much else to say about this, it's more like a monster-of-the-week thing with introducing a bigger context and setting things up. You could almost call it filler. BUT. It's the best kind, where you just fall in love with the characters even more than you did before. I needed it. The story needed it.
You would think we can't do much else interesting after the whole cosmic horror of book 2, but this is just different. After that stuff you hardly feel like characters can't handle this, it's still a lot of excitement and fun.
All in all, to me this is hall of fame, best stuff, highest shelf.
In Las Vegas they organise the first international convention for monster hunters, so MHI needs to take part, right? Hunters work hard, party hard, earn big money they enjoy spending as well, the fight each other, because hey, they are all alpha as hell, which you need to go against unearthly powers. (Doesn't help that right next door someone has a huge gun trade show thing. Go figure.)
Then... monsters start popping up. Ones that have absolutely no place in Las Vegas. Why? How? What do we do now???
At this point we have so many cool characters and a convention is exactly the kind of place where they all can hang out and interact with each other.
Bonus points for more Mosh. He is a disaster and I love him.
Not much else to say about this, it's more like a monster-of-the-week thing with introducing a bigger context and setting things up. You could almost call it filler. BUT. It's the best kind, where you just fall in love with the characters even more than you did before. I needed it. The story needed it.
You would think we can't do much else interesting after the whole cosmic horror of book 2, but this is just different. After that stuff you hardly feel like characters can't handle this, it's still a lot of excitement and fun.
All in all, to me this is hall of fame, best stuff, highest shelf.
awpatton's review against another edition
5.0
Hot damn this series is so much fun.
Monster Hunter Legion reunites us with our normal cast of libertarian gun-enthusiast monster hunters, with Owen Zasatava Pitt as our protagonist. This novel opens with the group traveling to Las Vegas for the very first ICMHP (International Conference of Monster Hunting Professionals). Shortly after the conference begins, leaders for all of the monster hunting companies are gathered together by Stricken, the shadowy head of Special Task Force Unicorn, and presented with a challenge: the first group to kill an unknown monster threatening small towns will win 10 million dollars. It seems like easy money at first, but nothing is really as it seems when STFU is involved...
All of the books in the MHI series are a zany urban fantasy ride, filled with gun porn, snappy comebacks, and dead Polish guys. This one shines, however. The pacing is breakneck, and the plot is masterfully woven together. Where Correia really excels, however, is dialogue. I'm glad that I listened to this one as an audiobook during my work commute, alone, because I would have been hard pressed to explain why I kept cracking up uncontrollably. I'm not sure explaining to strangers in coffee shops that "the orcs just stole a chicken" would convince anyone of my sanity.
I can't wait to see what happens in the next installment.
Side note: Oliver Wyman, the narrator of the audiobooks, is a genius. He brings an incredibly unique cast of characters to life brilliantly, and really adds something to the story with his performance. I would recommend listening to these to anyone.
Monster Hunter Legion reunites us with our normal cast of libertarian gun-enthusiast monster hunters, with Owen Zasatava Pitt as our protagonist. This novel opens with the group traveling to Las Vegas for the very first ICMHP (International Conference of Monster Hunting Professionals). Shortly after the conference begins, leaders for all of the monster hunting companies are gathered together by Stricken, the shadowy head of Special Task Force Unicorn, and presented with a challenge: the first group to kill an unknown monster threatening small towns will win 10 million dollars. It seems like easy money at first, but nothing is really as it seems when STFU is involved...
All of the books in the MHI series are a zany urban fantasy ride, filled with gun porn, snappy comebacks, and dead Polish guys. This one shines, however. The pacing is breakneck, and the plot is masterfully woven together. Where Correia really excels, however, is dialogue. I'm glad that I listened to this one as an audiobook during my work commute, alone, because I would have been hard pressed to explain why I kept cracking up uncontrollably. I'm not sure explaining to strangers in coffee shops that "the orcs just stole a chicken" would convince anyone of my sanity.
I can't wait to see what happens in the next installment.
Side note: Oliver Wyman, the narrator of the audiobooks, is a genius. He brings an incredibly unique cast of characters to life brilliantly, and really adds something to the story with his performance. I would recommend listening to these to anyone.
pingthevile's review
4.0
4.5 stars. Not the BEST of the Monster Hunter International series, but close.
sarah42783's review
4.0
Note to self: duct tape samurais and little birdies to sacrifice to rotor spirits chickens. Never leave home without them. They could save your little puny human life one day. Then again maybe not.
Yeah well, not sure Edgar the Disco Chicken really fits the bill here, but hey, whatever and stuff.
RTC and stuff. In a century or two.
• Book 1: Monster Hunter International ★★★★
• Book 2: Monster Hunter Vendetta ★★★★
• Book 3: Monster Hunter Alpha ★★★
• Book 3.5 (short story): A Halloween Public Service Announcement from MHI ★★★★
• Book 4.5 (short story): Tanya: Princess of the Elves ★★★★
• Book 5: Monster Hunter Nemesis ★★★★
• Book 6: Monster Hunter Siege - to be read
• Book 7: Monster Hunter Guardian - to be read
Yeah well, not sure Edgar the Disco Chicken really fits the bill here, but hey, whatever and stuff.
RTC and stuff. In a century or two.
• Book 1: Monster Hunter International ★★★★
• Book 2: Monster Hunter Vendetta ★★★★
• Book 3: Monster Hunter Alpha ★★★
• Book 3.5 (short story): A Halloween Public Service Announcement from MHI ★★★★
• Book 4.5 (short story): Tanya: Princess of the Elves ★★★★
• Book 5: Monster Hunter Nemesis ★★★★
• Book 6: Monster Hunter Siege - to be read
• Book 7: Monster Hunter Guardian - to be read
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