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A review by oakamoore
Kingdom of the Wicked by Derek Landy
1.5
This entire novel is one long poorly thought out ad-lib. Its plot is a collection of frayed threads, half of which are completely irrelevant to the novel's resolution.
Throughout the series (this book being no exception), Landy has been constantly stacking unfinished, half-realised ideas on top of each other, resulting in a jenga tower of inconsistencies.
A flimsy prolouge is used to set up the story's main conflict, which is all but rendered meaningless, due to the multiple unresolved trump cards that the main characters can employ against seemingly unassailable threats.
The dialogue and characters feel flat, and the magic system is amorphous at best - oftentimes Landy will just say something without explaining why it works, and when he does explain things, the explainations are wholly insubstantial.
As an aside; being able to subdue god-level entities by artificially inducing a seizure is the most low effort, inane resolution to any book I've ever read.
Throughout the series (this book being no exception), Landy has been constantly stacking unfinished, half-realised ideas on top of each other, resulting in a jenga tower of inconsistencies.
A flimsy prolouge is used to set up the story's main conflict, which is all but rendered meaningless, due to the multiple unresolved trump cards that the main characters can employ against seemingly unassailable threats.
The dialogue and characters feel flat, and the magic system is amorphous at best - oftentimes Landy will just say something without explaining why it works, and when he does explain things, the explainations are wholly insubstantial.
As an aside; being able to subdue god-level entities by artificially inducing a seizure is the most low effort, inane resolution to any book I've ever read.