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After witnessing the murder of his mother and brother and leading a band of bloodthirsty thugs, Prince Honorous Jorg Ancrath returns to his father's castle and his birthright, but faces treachery and dark magic once he arrives.
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3 primary books7 released booksThe Broken Empire is a 7-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2011 with contributions by Mark Lawrence.
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I really wanted to like this based on the premise but I couldn't get through the writing - a lot of “made up” language and the narrative skipped around events in a way that was really hard to follow and comprehend. Just not for me.
So, I have tried to read this book a couple of times and just did not get into it. Don't know what it was, it is nothing to do with the book. I don't know why,but I think tha it was something to do with the timing. First time was when it first came out and at the time I had little kids and it ultimately boiled down to the choice of read or sleep and it was obvious that the choice would be sleep. The second time, I just couldn't get into it.
Any ways, this time I finally took the plunge and this time I really enjoyed it. I think the times that I have read it before. I could not get my head around what it was. I know that this is my problem but once I had made that shift in my head the book clicked. It helped that I follow Mr Lawrence and follow his blog. This gave me some insight and the light went on (nothing creepy, it;s just that when I read his reviews of the books that I liked I could kind of see the influences). Once I got my head around the fact that this is like a ‘dystopian fantasy' rather than the traditional sense of fantasy. It's like taking the idea of Terry brooks one step further and then mixing in mad max in John boorman's excaliber with a bit of American psycho. That was what made it click and then I really got into it and the book got its thorns into me and that was it. excellent book. Now onto the next one.
Horrible main character, poor writing, poor storyline, and poor twist of events. When I first read the premise I thought “Sounds interesting and different”. Nope. All just trying to shock you so that it stands out amongst the crowd. Completely unrealistic. Grown men practically worshiping a teenage brat? HA. Keep dreaming.
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