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aroaessidhe · 4 months

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2024 reads / storygraph

The Ruin of Kings

start of a complex high fantasy series

follows a boy who grew up in the slums, but is claimed as the missing son of a treacherous prince and is dragged into dangerous politics against his will

and simultaneously follows him older, having escaped and following his destiny, among gods & sea monsters & giant dragons

both stories being retold as he’s trapped in prison, by himself and his captor, with footnotes from a third party

shapeshifters & demons

#the ruin of kings #aroaessidhe 2024 reads #sorry i know people probably like this but i just...idk #hm. why. it feels unnecessarily convoluted #there’s so many different things going on but I don’t get the purpose. it just feels like things happening in order (but also out of order)#I enjoyed the footnotes a lot. I like when they’re kinda funny and argue with the narrator. they kinda dropped off a lot after the start th #I don’t care about the MC. he’s annoying. Sorry.#Some the dialogue feels awkward. Also every time the MC makes a joke it’s like cringily anachronistically modern? idk #i mean I know it's a fantasy world not the past. but it feels out of place #Don’t love how it / the MC treats women in general idk. quite an allonormative narrative also #do the other ones have other MCs? i might consider reading them one day if so but. otherwise ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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