A review by aglimpseinto
How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler

adventurous funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

The book is clearly meant to be a satire of the dark lord genre, while funny at points and I did love the mentions to pop-culture of our own world, the pace wasn’t the fastest and all the footnotes (that were a lot per chapter) make you break pace even more, as it contains interjections from the main character, for me those footnotes should have been just written as part of the chapter itself. 

That said, it has a nice world building that is not too complicated, the premise is funny and it was easy to follow the story plot and all the characters. 

This book is part 1 of a duology, I’m still uncertain if I’ll be reading the second book but it was a nice enough read. 
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