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verycherry330 's review for:
The Beggar King
by Oliver Pötzsch
~*SPOILERS IN HERE*~
Good lord what a slog. I know this is not meant to be great literature, but I remember actually somewhat enjoying the first two books. I literally skimmed the last half of this one and don't really feel like I missed much. There never seemed to be any stakes, since we've established that the main cast is essentially immortal no matter how horrible they're injured. Also, everyone they meet just magically treats them like they're ~*special*~ for no real reason. It felt like bad fanfiction with periodic references to historical places and events to warrant that "historical fiction" classification.
Can I also point out how cliche, lazy and low-key offensive the plot device of "THE DWARF WITH THE BADLY RENDERED ITALIAN ACCENT IS ACTUALLY THE VILLAIN AND WORKING FOR THE *gasp* EVIL TURKS" is. I thought we were done with this kind of weird ableist thing.
I think I'm done with this series.
Good lord what a slog. I know this is not meant to be great literature, but I remember actually somewhat enjoying the first two books. I literally skimmed the last half of this one and don't really feel like I missed much. There never seemed to be any stakes, since we've established that the main cast is essentially immortal no matter how horrible they're injured. Also, everyone they meet just magically treats them like they're ~*special*~ for no real reason. It felt like bad fanfiction with periodic references to historical places and events to warrant that "historical fiction" classification.
Can I also point out how cliche, lazy and low-key offensive the plot device of "THE DWARF WITH THE BADLY RENDERED ITALIAN ACCENT IS ACTUALLY THE VILLAIN AND WORKING FOR THE *gasp* EVIL TURKS" is. I thought we were done with this kind of weird ableist thing.
I think I'm done with this series.