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"I'm a pixie. Name's Staph.""Staph?""That's what I said. I'm here to change your life...The good news and the bad news is that you're the Chosen One." Young Worstley, a farm boy, gets the surprise of a lifetime when he goes out to feed the animals and returns as the Chosen One (with Gustav the Goat by as his faithful companion).Being relatively new at this Chosen One schtick, Worstely sets off to find a quest. Something would go down there soon.But for now, the lady slept.And drooled a
No fantasy trope or gender cliché is safe from being turned into a joke in Kill the Farm Boy. The clever writing and action packed absurdity had me laughing out loud several times.Staph, a tricky pixie, sets Gustave the goat, and his pooboy, Worstly, on a quest because it is their destiny. Then, they meet up with more hilarious members of their questing party, including a vegetarian warrior, and a bunny-woman bard. This book was fantastic. It dealt with many problems I have with the genre, but i...
An audiobook review by someone who doesn't listen to audiobooks. Voice actor: Luke DanielsPretty funny stuff. It has great fun with common fantasy and D&D tropes. I had several laugh-out-loud moments. But, it's no Terry Pratchett book. The story builds organically, starting with a standard Chosen One scenario, a status which young farm boy Worstley is surprised to be saddled with (his brother Bestley was unavailable). The boy sets off to find his fortune, and somehow the cast of characters grows...
Another decent start wasted on the rest of this story. While there are some decent bit parts, it takes a complete story to make a good book and this is far from it. 2 of 10 stars
I gave it a good college try but I just couldn’t get through it. DNF @ 54% (and I really pushed myself to make it that far). I never DNF books and I just couldn’t get into this at all.It is so over the top slapstick humor that it becomes detailed and boring. Yes there are many quips I laughed at and there are some clever jokes to be sure but quantity is not quality. It’s just too much all the time. It’s like watching a never ending episode of a comedy series without the heartfelt moral at the en...
Update 4th August - currently listening to the audiobook of this book now and so far the narration is excellent, just what the book needed!_____________Awesome! What a funny book, reading it got me more than a few odd looks from my hubby over my inane giggling bouts while reading. I've not giggled aloud quite so much over a book since I read Tom Holt's Snow White and the Seven Samurai years ago.Lots of jokes, twists and puns on the fantasy genre and the good old fantasy norms in general made the...
When I heard about this book, I immediately had to read it. I love Kevin Hearne's Iron Druid series. The first book of his new Seven Kennings fantasy series, A Plague of Giants, was an awesome read as well. I like the humor in the Iron Druid series and hoped Kill the Farm Boy would have more of the same. The book blurb invoked Princess Bride, promising humor along the lines of that classic plus Terry Pratchett's Discworld. I jumped right on it....had to read it.When I read an advanced readers co...
Monty Python meets every fairy tale you could imagine plus some and you've got Kill the Farm Boy. Packed full of slap stick humor, outrageous characters and fairy tale antics to the extreme! Part of me cracked up laughing and part of me was shaking my head at the outlandishness. While reading, I couldn't help but think this book would be perfect for those who love the comedy of SPACE BALLS the movie. It was just a fun, fanciful read. I received this ARC copy of Kill the Farm Boy from Random Hous...
I kept alternating between loving it and hating it. The overall effect was kind of irritating.
I LOVE Kevin Hearne's Iron Druid series, they are some of my top favorite books. I was looking forward to seeing what he did with a new series, even with a co-author. I am not sure if it is the co-authoring that didn't do it for me but I really could not get into this book. The Iron Druid books have humor and satire scattered through them but it is an accent to the plot. This book seemed to only be strings of satire and quips strung together to tray and make a plot of them. I won't be trying the...
Here goes a positive review for a book that I did not finish.Doesn't appeal to my sense of humor, oddly enough, considering Mr Hearne's other works are some of my favorite in the genre. I'm the one person is the world who finds puns irritating -- it's lonely out here. If you enjoy puns, double entendres, flowery-but-silly writing (imagine the narrator of Amelie or Pushing Daisies), jokes that go on a little too long (imagine Family Guy) or buddy-comedies, then this is the book for you.But, alas,...
I requested the book on the strength of Princess Bride comparisons, which seem to have since been removed? Well, this is a hard one for me to review, because it's just not what I expected and the sales pitch I got is gone now, so...The humor in this is very much not in line with my own, tending on the side of 'throw everything at the wall and see what sticks.' There's a heap of anachronisms, because....IDK, "just mention something modern, it worked for Robin Williams"? The attempts to mock fanta...
A friend picked this ARC up for me awhile ago because she was sure I would be delighted by this wordplayery story.After I gave up on my other Lunchtime Reading title, I started on this and quickly found I was not delighted.I made it halfway through but when the dread of having to read this while eating became overbearing, I gave up and called it quits.It's just too much. I'm a fan of satire and bawdy humor and stupid puns and ridiculous for the sake of ridiculous but you've got to be amazing wit...
