![]() ![]() It's much grittier than older fantasy, certainly edging toward the grimdark wheelhouse from time to time, but the story is shaped like your traditional fantasy a party of adventurers with *mostly* shared and/or compatible goals go on an quest to distant lands and encounter multiple setbacks along the way! How fun! ![]() Structure: If you enjoy traditional adventure formulas, you should like this story. ![]() Having Buehlman do the voice acting allows us to hear exactly *how* he means us to hear Kinch tell the tale and it feels like you're in a dingy bar with some scrawny, patchy-bearded drunkard telling you some slurred story about thieves and goblins. I was fortunate enough to get to listen to the audiobook, which was fantastically narrated by Christopher Buehlman, and it is easily one of the greatest audiobook narrations I've ever listened to. My take on a couple of key elements as follows.Ĭharacter(s)/Voice: The main character, Kinch Na Shannack, is a Galtish thief indebted to the Takers (thieves' guild) and is an enjoyable narrator throughout the story. It has a little of everything I typically want in fantasy antihero protagonists, an intriguing world, dark and gritty obstacles/antagonists, high stakes to keep the plot moving along, and of course, a sense of humor. I can't think of enough good things to say about this book. Net Galley ARC provided in exchange for an honest review, yada, yada, yada. ![]()
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