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4.2 AVERAGE
4.2 AVERAGE
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
An interesting twist to the adventuring fantasies out there. The characters are very real, but also quite fun to be around. The plot is simple but not bad. The real trick lies in the satire that pushes against the bounds of any other LitRPG or Fantasy genre out there.
It's interesting seeing capitalism being the driving antagonist in a world filled with magic and heroes that need a job. I'll be seeing if I can find the second book at this rate, enjoyable read.
It's interesting seeing capitalism being the driving antagonist in a world filled with magic and heroes that need a job. I'll be seeing if I can find the second book at this rate, enjoyable read.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Starts off quite slow, I found myself drifting off after a couple of pages. However, once you get past that it's a really engaging unique take on heros and quests, while being tounge in cheek.
I'm quite good at seeing twists coming and although not packed with surprising turns of events one in particular caught me completely off guard.
I'm quite good at seeing twists coming and although not packed with surprising turns of events one in particular caught me completely off guard.
adventurous
emotional
funny
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
An original parody on the classic dungeons and dragons-style fantasy world, with capitalism taken to it's logical and depressing conclusion. Orconomics is to Fantasy as The Boys is to Superheroes.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
CW: gratuitous self-harm
Well, this was quite a ride.
20%: “I’m not really liking this book, but I’m buddy-reading. I’m going to get through half of it.”
50%: “Actually now that I am here, I may as well continue.”
80%: “HOLY CRAP LIONS THIS IS GOOD.”
100%: “AAAHH what do you mean it’s OVER? I must have the sequel immediately!!!” *downloads the sample because is trying to limit book spending but let’s face it, I’ll be buying this sequel*
This book, if you haven’t figured it out, is the ‘no, go on, it gets better’ sort. I’ve been raised on British humour. The author is American and trying to be British (Sir Terry Pratchett found nodding in his grave). The Tolkien references are simultaneously fun and could have been somewhat more realised. But the first part mostly suffers because of erratic pacing; the action keeps being interrupted by mini-infodumps that are at best amusing and at worst just tear me out of the book.
Reader, I kept going, and I have no regrets. This book just won’t stop getting better as it progresses. The actual Orconomics didn’t appear until about 60% mark, but once the Orcs showed up, the fun began in earnest. And then it turned quite bloody. As the Norns say, every Universe invents three things: greed, intoxication, and tea. This one focused on greed and greed gets ugly.
I loved the troupe of characters. Gleebek (…) was my second favourite after Gorm, because how can you not love Gorm? (Well, perhaps ‘love’ is a wrong word. Adore. Have a bro-crush on. Well, something like that.) The Troll – I found it interesting that the species were always capitalised – is as sweet as Trolls get, I suppose. The bard gets interrupted at exactly the right moments, i.e. before he manages to say what he is very clearly about to say, and this is a part of the humour that works very well.
Orconomics is a magnificent satire on capitalism. It isn’t always particularly funny, but then, satire and comedy are not the same thing. It has its problems, but in general, I am very, very happy that I kept reading – that final part was worth the chunks of teeth that I lost while grinding them at the initial start → stop → start → stop pacing. And the sequel is already very high on my TBR, because J. Zachary Pike sure knows how to finish a book so that the reader must buy the next one. I suppose that’s capitalism in action for you. Take my money, King!
(7.5/10 rounded up to 4/5 for Goodreads)
My ratings:
5* = this book changed my life
4* = very good
3* = good
2* = I should have DNFed
1* = actively hostile towards the reader*
Well, this was quite a ride.
20%: “I’m not really liking this book, but I’m buddy-reading. I’m going to get through half of it.”
50%: “Actually now that I am here, I may as well continue.”
80%: “HOLY CRAP LIONS THIS IS GOOD.”
100%: “AAAHH what do you mean it’s OVER? I must have the sequel immediately!!!” *downloads the sample because is trying to limit book spending but let’s face it, I’ll be buying this sequel*
This book, if you haven’t figured it out, is the ‘no, go on, it gets better’ sort. I’ve been raised on British humour. The author is American and trying to be British (Sir Terry Pratchett found nodding in his grave). The Tolkien references are simultaneously fun and could have been somewhat more realised. But the first part mostly suffers because of erratic pacing; the action keeps being interrupted by mini-infodumps that are at best amusing and at worst just tear me out of the book.
Reader, I kept going, and I have no regrets. This book just won’t stop getting better as it progresses. The actual Orconomics didn’t appear until about 60% mark, but once the Orcs showed up, the fun began in earnest. And then it turned quite bloody. As the Norns say, every Universe invents three things: greed, intoxication, and tea. This one focused on greed and greed gets ugly.
I loved the troupe of characters. Gleebek (…) was my second favourite after Gorm, because how can you not love Gorm? (Well, perhaps ‘love’ is a wrong word. Adore. Have a bro-crush on. Well, something like that.) The Troll – I found it interesting that the species were always capitalised – is as sweet as Trolls get, I suppose. The bard gets interrupted at exactly the right moments, i.e. before he manages to say what he is very clearly about to say, and this is a part of the humour that works very well.
Orconomics is a magnificent satire on capitalism. It isn’t always particularly funny, but then, satire and comedy are not the same thing. It has its problems, but in general, I am very, very happy that I kept reading – that final part was worth the chunks of teeth that I lost while grinding them at the initial start → stop → start → stop pacing. And the sequel is already very high on my TBR, because J. Zachary Pike sure knows how to finish a book so that the reader must buy the next one. I suppose that’s capitalism in action for you. Take my money, King!
(7.5/10 rounded up to 4/5 for Goodreads)
My ratings:
5* = this book changed my life
4* = very good
3* = good
2* = I should have DNFed
1* = actively hostile towards the reader*
adventurous
emotional
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes