King of Thorns

Executive Summary: I thought this was another decent entry to this series where I care more about the world building than the main character and his story.Audiobook: James Clamp does a good job. He reads with good volume and pace. He also does some voices, that adds a little extra that makes audio a great options for this book.Full ReviewThis series has a very unlikeable protagonist. I don't dislike him as much as many do. Mostly I find myself a bit uninterested, which is probably worse. Love him or hate him, the author is doing his job and making you feel something. Don't really care? That's less good.There are times when it appears that Jorg is completely awful only that have it dragged back, or turns out to be his reputation preceding him. Don't get me wrong, he's an awful person. He's just not maybe always as awful as his reputation. Sometimes he's worse.I found it kind of amusing the presumed antagonist for this book is essentially your typical fantasy hero. He's got good intentions, everyone loves him, and he's destined to save the world. So of course Jorg has to oppose him.Much like the first book, I cared more about the world building than anything else. We get some detail on the “magic” but far too hand wavy for my tastes. I am fascinated to know what happened to the builders and I always get excited when there is some old tech found/used.Overall this book was fine, and I moved right onto the third and final one, but I still think his new series (starting with [b:Red Sister 25895524 Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #1) Mark Lawrence https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1481038440s/25895524.jpg 45777900]) absolutely blows this one out of the water and would recommend that instead.