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A review by mollythegemini
Goblin King by Kara Barbieri
3.0
So, I had no idea this was going to be a trilogy and I wish I would have known that before going into it. It was after I finished the book that I discovered it was a trilogy so my review is based on that.
I will say that my favorite thing in this book was the additional characters. They were interesting and quippy which kept the book from falling completely flat. This book was pretty boring compared to the first book. It's a journey quest where our characters go through a series of tasks to stop the end of the world (which they succeed at) yet at the end, there is still a waging war with a dead army? Why though? Also, they had to team up with ghost Lidian in order to succeed in this "stopping of the end of the world." Like, why bring back this horrific character that the rest of the group, Janneke included has to deal with on a semi-agreeable level? There was also a lot of Janneke and Soren going back and forth about telling each other things and being truthful and became repetitive. I don't think I'm going to pick up book 3.
I will say that my favorite thing in this book was the additional characters. They were interesting and quippy which kept the book from falling completely flat. This book was pretty boring compared to the first book. It's a journey quest where our characters go through a series of tasks to stop the end of the world (which they succeed at) yet at the end, there is still a waging war with a dead army? Why though? Also, they had to team up with ghost Lidian in order to succeed in this "stopping of the end of the world." Like, why bring back this horrific character that the rest of the group, Janneke included has to deal with on a semi-agreeable level? There was also a lot of Janneke and Soren going back and forth about telling each other things and being truthful and became repetitive. I don't think I'm going to pick up book 3.