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cwebb's review against another edition
5.0
Fafhrd und der Gray Mouser sind zurück in Lankhmar - die Stadt wird von Ratten bedroht. Wie bei Warhammer die Skaven: ich liebe sie! Die Geschichte ist ausnehmend witzig.
Den sechsten Teil der Serie muss ich mir ein wenig aufheben...
Den sechsten Teil der Serie muss ich mir ein wenig aufheben...
benthewriter's review against another edition
3.0
Good prose and characterization typical of the author. Quick pacing and fun plot. The main knock against this story is that it suffers from many of the same outdated cultural attitudes that similar work of its era does, though to a lesser extent than most.
jorgefernandez's review against another edition
5.0
Como el propio Leiber dice en el prólogo, Fafhrd y el Ratonero son truhanes, aventureros, bebedores, tragaldabas, putañeros, pendencieros, ladrones, jugadores y solo actuan con un ápice más de nobleza que los villanos. Y yo digo, además, que son tremendamente divertidos y adictivos. La incursión del Ratonero en Lankhmar de Abajo es una fantástica maravilla.
Solo quedan dos para terminar el ciclo, en unas semanas volveré a Lankhmar.
Solo quedan dos para terminar el ciclo, en unas semanas volveré a Lankhmar.
zeroiv's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
spinnerroweok's review against another edition
3.0
I haven't read this since I was a teenager. I don't think I got half of this book back then. Anyway, it's always fun to follow a Fahfrd and the Gray Mouser tale. If you like old-timey fantasy that is closer to Conan than Lord of the Rings, I recommend.
ashleylm's review against another edition
5.0
Unusually inventive--hard to believe this is a product of decades long past, rather than the latest outing from a Matthew Hughes or Scott Lynch. I have been reading in internal chronological order, and this, the only true novel, is a fitting climax to the series (of course, there are more stories to go--may they provide equally fitting denouement).
I was the tiniest bit worried that Leiber might not be able to maintain a novel's length worth of interest, especially since some of his novelette-sized tales dragged a bit. But the author of Conjure Wife (one of my favourites) has risen to the occasion and I feel a bit silly for doubting him.
The protagonists are male, but the prominent female characters are scarcely helpless maidens--in fact, I've rarely seen such a diversity of female characters, though each is (to borrow an anime term) a bit fan-service, two of them being prominently naked at all times. That's the only aspect of this that carries a hint of the times with it--otherwise this is a fresh, entertaining romp of a novel.
(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s). I feel a lot of readers automatically render any book they enjoy 5, but I grade on a curve!
I was the tiniest bit worried that Leiber might not be able to maintain a novel's length worth of interest, especially since some of his novelette-sized tales dragged a bit. But the author of Conjure Wife (one of my favourites) has risen to the occasion and I feel a bit silly for doubting him.
The protagonists are male, but the prominent female characters are scarcely helpless maidens--in fact, I've rarely seen such a diversity of female characters, though each is (to borrow an anime term) a bit fan-service, two of them being prominently naked at all times. That's the only aspect of this that carries a hint of the times with it--otherwise this is a fresh, entertaining romp of a novel.
(Note: 5 stars = amazing, wonderful, 4 = very good book, 3 = decent read, 2 = disappointing, 1 = awful, just awful. I'm fairly good at picking for myself so end up with a lot of 4s). I feel a lot of readers automatically render any book they enjoy 5, but I grade on a curve!
luana420's review against another edition
4.0
The only full-length novel of our boys Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser!
There's not really much of a reason for this to warrant being novel-sized. It's good fun, and certainly among the better F&G stories, but it's not unlike The Simpsons Movie where you're left wondering why this couldn't have been a normal sized episode. Despite that, I'd certainly recommend it as a starter point for someone who wants to get into the characters as it's fairly representative of the Lankhmar vibez and of pretty consistent quality throughout. There's better individual short stories ("Lean Times in Lankhmar" is as yet unsurpassed) but the quality/style of prose can be a bit inconsistent as the short stories are ordered in internal chronology which means that a tale from 1939 can be followed by one from 1964 followed by one from 1952 which can be a bit of tonal whiplash.
This one also has a good bit of bawdiness (and a surprising amount of BDSM shit) without ever fully tipping into unpleasantness like previous collections had. Being skeezy is definitely part of the Lankhmar vibes. Lololol @ Fafhrd deciding he should "come back in two years" after saving a 12 year old girl who afterwards gave him a saucy look. Bruh are you sure "two" is the number you need to add to that? 1968 a different time mang
I think the Caligula-esque whimpering Overlord of Lankhmar and his propensity for seeing serving girls whipped by his tank-like kitchen matron made things click for me in terms of what the F&GM stories really are. I had read someone compare a previous short story with an OG Trek episode, which is close, but they really are garish late 60s/early 70s Technicolor Amicus productions with blaring faux-John Barry scores and heaving bosoms of Page 3 girls splashed with way-too-scarlet fake blood.
Also big lol at the villains' plan being "a society where everyone is Ratatouille" and that is not a metaphor
There's not really much of a reason for this to warrant being novel-sized. It's good fun, and certainly among the better F&G stories, but it's not unlike The Simpsons Movie where you're left wondering why this couldn't have been a normal sized episode. Despite that, I'd certainly recommend it as a starter point for someone who wants to get into the characters as it's fairly representative of the Lankhmar vibez and of pretty consistent quality throughout. There's better individual short stories ("Lean Times in Lankhmar" is as yet unsurpassed) but the quality/style of prose can be a bit inconsistent as the short stories are ordered in internal chronology which means that a tale from 1939 can be followed by one from 1964 followed by one from 1952 which can be a bit of tonal whiplash.
This one also has a good bit of bawdiness (and a surprising amount of BDSM shit) without ever fully tipping into unpleasantness like previous collections had. Being skeezy is definitely part of the Lankhmar vibes. Lololol @ Fafhrd deciding he should "come back in two years" after saving a 12 year old girl who afterwards gave him a saucy look. Bruh are you sure "two" is the number you need to add to that? 1968 a different time mang
I think the Caligula-esque whimpering Overlord of Lankhmar and his propensity for seeing serving girls whipped by his tank-like kitchen matron made things click for me in terms of what the F&GM stories really are. I had read someone compare a previous short story with an OG Trek episode, which is close, but they really are garish late 60s/early 70s Technicolor Amicus productions with blaring faux-John Barry scores and heaving bosoms of Page 3 girls splashed with way-too-scarlet fake blood.
Also big lol at the villains' plan being "a society where everyone is Ratatouille" and that is not a metaphor
angrywombat's review
2.0
I wasn't overly impressed by this outing of the adventuring duo. Infact most of the time it was only following one or the other - the pair were only together at the beginning and end of this story while the rest had them each carried away by events in the book.
I didn't like this, as some of my favorite moments in the series has been the interaction between the pair.
Anyway, this is a fairly standard tale, with a mystery growing about a rat invasion. A lot of the action was actually fairly inventive - but a lot of the things that showed up felt a little pointless and not quite in character for the series (I'm looking at the inter-dimensional traveler from Germany, riding a hydra, looking for his UFO...).
But I think I prefer my stories of Lankhmar to be shorter without trying to pad out the narrative. This was an OK read, but I wouldn't advise it for anyone except fans of Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser.
I didn't like this, as some of my favorite moments in the series has been the interaction between the pair.
Anyway, this is a fairly standard tale, with a mystery growing about a rat invasion. A lot of the action was actually fairly inventive - but a lot of the things that showed up felt a little pointless and not quite in character for the series (I'm looking at the inter-dimensional traveler from Germany, riding a hydra, looking for his UFO...).
But I think I prefer my stories of Lankhmar to be shorter without trying to pad out the narrative. This was an OK read, but I wouldn't advise it for anyone except fans of Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser.
doowopapocalypse's review
2.0
This is-would be-a decent plot, but I can't shake the idea that Leiber feels he's too clever to write "just" a fantasy novel and ruins the book with a weird encounter with a German and extended musings on what it would be like to sleep with a female rat