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Kings of the Wyld
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December 1, 2023
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December 31, 2023
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Kings of the Wyld
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Veronica chose it as the December 2023 Book pick

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What Members Thought

Silvana
This book reminds me of when I read Sam Sykes' The City Stained Red. He was hilarious in Twitter (before I found out he was a pervert). But then I read his book. And found it really boring, meh plot, and not funny. Similar with this one. I listened to Eames in a podcast and he sounded really fun. But then I read this book. I can't even finish it. Got stuck at 26% then tried several times till finally decided to DNF at 35%. Not funny as advertised. Some parts that I think were supposed to be funn ...more
Carrie
May 16, 2019 rated it it was amazing
That was a fantastic journey.

It's made me wish for the good ol'days of my old World of Warcraft guild.

I don't think I can say anything bad about this book, it has humor, adventure, and most importantly heart.
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Jason Hough
Jun 12, 2018 rated it really liked it
A super fun read, combining two of my favorite things: campy D&D-style fantasy and heavy metal. Manages to be bad-ass, funny, and sappy -- sometimes all at once.
Udayan
Apr 24, 2023 rated it it was amazing
A thoroughly enjoyable wild romp.
Tanvir Muntasim
Nov 24, 2018 rated it it was amazing
The best kind of heroic fantasy forces you to ask yourself- do you have an iota of heroism inside yourself? Would you be willing to go the distance if the push comes to a shove? Kings of the Wyld belongs to that rare category, the kind of fantasy David Gemmell used to write (not surprising that this one won the Gemmell award!).

In my humble opinion, this ranks as one of the top fantasy debuts in the last decade or so (right alongside Rothfuss, Lynch and Abercrombie), it takes various tropes of th
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Brenda
Apr 30, 2019 rated it did not like it
Shelves: did-not-finish
I just really don't like this, and despite having started it days ago, I'm never motivated to pick it up and read. It's so boring, and isn't my type of fantasy. I'm giving up on this one. ...more
Eric
Oct 02, 2017 marked it as to-read
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Nov 29, 2017 marked it as to-read
James
Dec 06, 2017 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Mike
Oct 01, 2018 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: favorites
Barondestructo
Mar 03, 2018 rated it really liked it
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Jul 05, 2018 marked it as to-read
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Jul 29, 2018 marked it as to-read-next
Angela
Aug 28, 2018 marked it as to-read
Jen
Jun 07, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2019-sword
Michael
Dec 15, 2018 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Kelsey  Baguinat
Oct 18, 2024 rated it it was amazing
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Dec 20, 2018 rated it really liked it
Hendel
Oct 08, 2019 rated it it was amazing
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Mar 11, 2020 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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Mar 18, 2020 marked it as to-read
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Oct 25, 2020 rated it it was amazing
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Jun 08, 2021 marked it as tbr-12-2024
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Jul 23, 2021 marked it as to-read