Crap kingdom
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Tenth-grader Tom Parking's dream of being swept away to a fantasy land where he becomes a hero nearly comes true when he finds himself the Chosen One of a nameless world, the most annoying, least "cool" place in the universe.
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I didn't finish this one. I tried reading it for hours and I just couldn't get through it. It was incredibly cheesy. Like over the top cheesy. At least it was for me. As always though, I encourage you to pick it up and give it a go. You might just like it.
ARC was provided by the publisher via NetGalley.
OK so a minute ago I said that romcoms aren't my thing... THIS is my thing. If meta-humor about fantasy kingdoms isn't your thing, you probably won't like this, but if they are.... oh man, this book NAILS it.SO SO funny. I kept tweeting lines from it as I read–they aren't as funny out of context but I didn't care. “I'm sorry, what did you say?” “Ngggththtthh? The name of our kingdom.” “Gark said the kingdom didn't have a name.”“It doesn't. But there are times where, grammatically, it makes sense to speak the name of the kingdom aloud. And since it does not have a name, it is traditional just to mumble unintelligibly for the length of the average kingdom name.”It reminds me of [b:The Magicians 6101718 The Magicians (The Magicians, #1) Lev Grossman https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1313772941s/6101718.jpg 6278977] but funnier and less scary. Like not scary at all really. But it has that same kind of vibe, of someone who's consumed a lot of fantasy novels finally getting to write their own and using every trope to its best advantage. And then... without spoilers... even the parts that at first I was “meh” about evolved into awesomeness.I'M 20 GHOSTS ABOUT THIS BOOKPS the best part is how it's a fantasy book that did not force me to look at a map of a madeup country. good job Crap Kingdom!
