Kings of the Wyld

This book would have made for a really entertaining videogame. A party system with lots of different fighting styles! Side quests! Boss battles! Memorable appearances! A big battle at the end!

It would just be a game that wouldn't be particularly known for its story. That's fine for games as long as the gameplay is fun, but I expect more when it's a book. In a game it's fine if you linger too long someplace even if your quest is very urgent. Here you just wonder why.

It's hard to explain why I wasn't really into this, as it does have some elements I usually love. Camaraderie, banter, emotional beats! Moog's own arc is something I'd usually be all over. But somehow the narration felt very distant? I was literally seeing the words that these people cared about eachother, but I had a hard time actually believing it, if that makes sense? It's not because of the blend of “humor” and emotional beats, as that can be done incredibly well. It's just the shallow way in which it was done. But even on the action front I found the fight scenes to be very dull as well.

It's still quite enjoyable, and what I wrote down might not feel like a downside to you, but for me it's such an important part of any story in any medium that I can't really overlook it.

My “erection joke” tracker ended at four at about 40%. I missed a few big ones but I just wanted to be done, I'm sorry to say :D