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A review by strombolibones
Blood of the Old Kings by Sung-il Kim
4.0
Picked this up solely because of the cover, which surprisingly I saw in Storygraph's recommendation section 👀
I have to mention the 9 hour length, absolutely no fat in this book. In fact, it almost felt like the "Unga Bunga" *second half* of a book, and.... somehow that worked really well. The opening scene isthe main character meeting a dragon, making a pact, and getting a magic dragon sword , which usually happens in Act 2 or 3, but we're dropped into that right off the rip here. Those things then begin paying off the very next time we get her POV, which is only a few chapters later, and it's pretty sick ngl.
3 POVs, each with their own narrator, and while I probably wouldn't put any of them in my all-timers list, I enjoyed them all!
How this ONE small book managed to secure THREE excellent narrators while other books (some rather popular 👀) seem to choose theirs from the unemployment line is beyond me.
Is the story kinda generic?
Yes.
Is the title super generic?
Also yes.
Is that title stated in the first 2 minutes, and is that really lame?
Absolutely.
Did I blow through this in 2 days and have a blast?
Heisenberg saying "You're God damn right".gif
I have to mention the 9 hour length, absolutely no fat in this book. In fact, it almost felt like the "Unga Bunga" *second half* of a book, and.... somehow that worked really well. The opening scene is
3 POVs, each with their own narrator, and while I probably wouldn't put any of them in my all-timers list, I enjoyed them all!
How this ONE small book managed to secure THREE excellent narrators while other books (some rather popular 👀) seem to choose theirs from the unemployment line is beyond me.
Is the story kinda generic?
Yes.
Is the title super generic?
Also yes.
Is that title stated in the first 2 minutes, and is that really lame?
Absolutely.
Did I blow through this in 2 days and have a blast?
Heisenberg saying "You're God damn right".gif