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A review by komali_2
Spellmonger by Terry Mancour
2.0
Had to give up on this book about 3/4 of the way through.
It starts out like a simple D&D ruled magic universe, following a wizard who's internal voice is weirdly 2017. This dichotomy between the voice of the narrator and the culture of the world he's describing to us I found jarring. Furthermore, the excessive tail-chasing just felt dumb and juvenile, maybe even gross, as if the author was living out some weird fantasy and subjecting us to it.
Character background is smashed over our heads with a sledgehammer. Characters are introduced en masse for no particular reason. Some of the main ones are fun and exciting - a sex magic witch, or a goblin that speaks Common, or a conniving but unskilled wizard that seems to find his balls and help defend commoners during a disaster. But then there's all these others that I'm not sure need to exist. All around amateurish writing.
This is one of the few books I just wasn't able to finish.
It starts out like a simple D&D ruled magic universe, following a wizard who's internal voice is weirdly 2017. This dichotomy between the voice of the narrator and the culture of the world he's describing to us I found jarring. Furthermore, the excessive tail-chasing just felt dumb and juvenile, maybe even gross, as if the author was living out some weird fantasy and subjecting us to it.
Character background is smashed over our heads with a sledgehammer. Characters are introduced en masse for no particular reason. Some of the main ones are fun and exciting - a sex magic witch, or a goblin that speaks Common, or a conniving but unskilled wizard that seems to find his balls and help defend commoners during a disaster. But then there's all these others that I'm not sure need to exist. All around amateurish writing.
This is one of the few books I just wasn't able to finish.