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A review by me_alley
The Butcher's Masquerade by Matt Dinniman
adventurous
emotional
reflective
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? No
5.0
I am going to go ahead and admit that I don't totally understand what is going on all the time in this series, which I LOVE and recommend to everyone I possibly can. I think it is a cross between Ready Player One, The Hunger Games and The Muppets. I absolutely love Carl, Donut and Mongo. I have a soft spot for Katia, and I understand they are playing some sort of intergalactic reality game they did not agree to. Organisms can cast spells and assume other forms. My partner has listened to the series on audible and when he knows I am reading one of these he always asks me what is happening at the moment and I always say something like "I don't know. Donut said this."
There is a bit of a surprise character reveal midway through this book that I did see coming, but it warmed my heart to see how it played out.
This particular one has some pageants and opportunities to let Carl save other crawlers and outsmart the hunters. In this one there are more alien hunters, which are basically like rich people who want to come into the game and kind of cheat and have privileges the crawlers don't.
If this isn't an overall symbolic critique of the working class vs capitalism's oligarch's, I don't know what is.
Everything Donut says or sings is amazing.
I never understand fantasy, and although I don't understand this completely I really love it. That probably sounds weird, but it is true. I read somewhere that Seth McFarlane's production company has bought the rights and is planning a streaming series and when I see it on film I will get it and then I can re-read and love it more.
Thanks to NetGalley and Ace publishing, an imprint of Berkley for the ARC. Book to be published April 8, 2025. Obviously I have already pre-ordered my trophy.
There is a bit of a surprise character reveal midway through this book that I did see coming, but it warmed my heart to see how it played out.
This particular one has some pageants and opportunities to let Carl save other crawlers and outsmart the hunters. In this one there are more alien hunters, which are basically like rich people who want to come into the game and kind of cheat and have privileges the crawlers don't.
If this isn't an overall symbolic critique of the working class vs capitalism's oligarch's, I don't know what is.
Everything Donut says or sings is amazing.
I never understand fantasy, and although I don't understand this completely I really love it. That probably sounds weird, but it is true. I read somewhere that Seth McFarlane's production company has bought the rights and is planning a streaming series and when I see it on film I will get it and then I can re-read and love it more.
Thanks to NetGalley and Ace publishing, an imprint of Berkley for the ARC. Book to be published April 8, 2025. Obviously I have already pre-ordered my trophy.