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Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock
4.0

I have been meaning to try reading some fantasy but I was put off by all the long series of thick books.
I became aware of this because of the plagiarism lawsuit against the Witcher books, saw that it was under 200 pages and gave it a try.

First off it’s so cheesy it belongs in a fondue and the cover belongs on the side of a 1970’s van, that said I really enjoyed it. Elric is a flawed, brooding scholar and reluctant antihero not the typical mindless brute of the sword and sorcery genre. There’s is absolutely no fat on this tale though it covers a lot of ground . Elric makes deals with gods and demons to rescue his love from the clutches of his jerk of a usurping cousin and go dungeon questing for the legendary black sword stormbringer.

Good times, I’ll read the next one!