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Prince of Fools (The Red Queen's War, #1)

Mark Lawrence

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Jan 29, 2016 Daphne rated it it was amazing

Shelves: quest, own-audio

Oh golly, I ADORED this book. So, so much. There wasn't a single thing about this book I'd have wished to be different. The characters were splendid. I haven't laughed this hard or this often while listening to a book in a long time. The observations and world view of Jalan was priceless.

My single favorite part in this book, heck, maybe ever in a fantasy book, was in Chapter 22...

The mannequin 'army' and the extinct 'train' monsters...wow. So fucking hilarious. ...more

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Jun 23, 2014 Amanda rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, fantasy-epic, read-in-2014, fantasy-anti-heroes, in-my-library

*I won this in the Goodreads giveaway*

What an awesome book! It was dark and gritty and hilarious. Prince Jalan is the type of antihero that makes all the other antiheroes look like altar boys. He is a charming coward who will lie, cheat, steal, manipulate, or screw his way out of any situation. He doesn't care what happens to anyone else unless their fate directly affects him. I loved him. I have a serious soft spot for characters like him. Mark Lawrence did such a good job writing his and Snorr ...more

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