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kmg365 's review for:
Gork, the Teenage Dragon
by Gabe Hudson
When I decided to read it, I thought it was a novel for teens, but I’ve since learned it was published as an adult novel, which makes it worse, because it seemed to be operating more or less on the level of Diary of a Wimpy Kid, but without the cute illustrations. It’s set at a high school for dragons, and is described as a coming of age novel, so maybe it was marketed to adults because Hudson repeatedly uses the phrase “scaly green ass”, and other mild expletives? Or because our hero Gork is pursuing a “queen” to lay his eggs, mostly to avoid being made a slave?
I read the Wikipedia article about the book, and found that not one, but TWO blurbs for the book compare Hudson to both Twain and Vonnegut. Oh, HELL no.
The most annoying thing is that Gork uses poetry as a power source. Seriously. He quotes poetry written by his “scaly green" (a phrase used at least once per page) grandpa and goes into berserker mode.
Excuse me a moment.
*** clears throat***
“Whose woods these are, I think I know. His house is in the village, though.”
Crap. No superpowers. And people are giving me funny looks.
Moments ago, I cheated and pulled a copy of the print version from the shelf so I could peek at the end. I’m glad I did. I couldn’t decide whether to keep on slogging through the audio version, or quit. Now I know it’s safe to quit. Gork ends up with exactly the girl dragon I thought he would end up with, beats some baddies, and lives happily ever after with his spaceship. The end.
If you want funny fantasy with poignancy and hard truths, I beg you, go read some Pratchett.
I read the Wikipedia article about the book, and found that not one, but TWO blurbs for the book compare Hudson to both Twain and Vonnegut. Oh, HELL no.
The most annoying thing is that Gork uses poetry as a power source. Seriously. He quotes poetry written by his “scaly green" (a phrase used at least once per page) grandpa and goes into berserker mode.
Excuse me a moment.
*** clears throat***
“Whose woods these are, I think I know. His house is in the village, though.”
Crap. No superpowers. And people are giving me funny looks.
Moments ago, I cheated and pulled a copy of the print version from the shelf so I could peek at the end. I’m glad I did. I couldn’t decide whether to keep on slogging through the audio version, or quit. Now I know it’s safe to quit. Gork ends up with exactly the girl dragon I thought he would end up with, beats some baddies, and lives happily ever after with his spaceship. The end.
If you want funny fantasy with poignancy and hard truths, I beg you, go read some Pratchett.