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A review by meltingpages
How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
"I am the Dark Lord, not Lord of the f*cking Boy Scouts."
This was a fun book! But I will say to anyone looking to read this that the humor can be very crud (which I'm fine with myself) and there are a LOT of popular references made, as the main character Davi is actually from our world.
The biggest issue that I had with this is how Davi was so sex-obsessed and preoccupied with how good in bed she thinks everyone would be, that it's clear she's written by a man. (Not once in my life have a heard a woman say she's been 'wanking hard enough to give herself tennis elbow').
There are also a LOT of footnotes, which I know doesn't bother a lot of people but I truly hate having to stop to read footnotes, so I wish those had been worked into the main story somehow.
"Everyone who followed me did it because I told them I would become the Dark Lord and lead them to glory. I can't exactly say, 'Whoops, guys, it's too scary, how about we hit Taco Bell instead?"
But I did find a lot of the references to be pretty funny, and I definitely laughed quite a few times.
"If I'm being honest, they probably do the best job on 'Stairway to Heaven', but 'Achy Breaky Heart' is a solid effort, and you haven't lived until you've heard six hundred orcs belting out 'If you wanna be my lover' at the quickstep."
Overall this was just a fun read, but it didn't really hit the spot that I thought it would. I'd say to give it a go, especially if any of these quotes made you snort laugh like I did. For the humor alone I'll definitely be picking up the sequel.
This was a fun book! But I will say to anyone looking to read this that the humor can be very crud (which I'm fine with myself) and there are a LOT of popular references made, as the main character Davi is actually from our world.
The biggest issue that I had with this is how Davi was so sex-obsessed and preoccupied with how good in bed she thinks everyone would be, that it's clear she's written by a man. (Not once in my life have a heard a woman say she's been 'wanking hard enough to give herself tennis elbow').
There are also a LOT of footnotes, which I know doesn't bother a lot of people but I truly hate having to stop to read footnotes, so I wish those had been worked into the main story somehow.
"Everyone who followed me did it because I told them I would become the Dark Lord and lead them to glory. I can't exactly say, 'Whoops, guys, it's too scary, how about we hit Taco Bell instead?"
But I did find a lot of the references to be pretty funny, and I definitely laughed quite a few times.
"If I'm being honest, they probably do the best job on 'Stairway to Heaven', but 'Achy Breaky Heart' is a solid effort, and you haven't lived until you've heard six hundred orcs belting out 'If you wanna be my lover' at the quickstep."
Overall this was just a fun read, but it didn't really hit the spot that I thought it would. I'd say to give it a go, especially if any of these quotes made you snort laugh like I did. For the humor alone I'll definitely be picking up the sequel.