Prince of Thorns book review

Prince of thorns? Never heard of it 🤣. Awesome recap and review. Are you going to reread the next ones too?

I’ve liked book of the ancestor. Should I go straight into broken empire or move onto the red queens war?

Awesome review 🔥

This is a fantastic recap. Always enjoy your Broken Empire comments! I’ll be looking for the next two come Dec and Jan!

Great video

Dude yes!!!

I’m reading Emperor of Thorns and I’ve been waiting for this review of your reread.

Hopefully we can get together and hop on Zoom to talk about the Broken Empire 🤙🏼

Damn, the first time I read it I hated absolutely everything about it. 2-3 years later I tried again and it was another story entirely. By the time I finished King of Thorns I loved it. The first time, I was going in with the wrong expectations and so many things grated on me because of that. Things that mostly turned out to be positives for me on re-read. For example, the beautifully sparse and effective prose. Also Jorg is really a great character, but it's important to know that this is a first-person narrative and looking through little Jorgy's eyes is kind of hard and he views things differently. He doesn't put much value on people and judges them on the basis of their usefulness to him. That also is reflected in the characterization of the side characters. Jorg also doesn't care for the beauty and detail in the world, so that reflects on the worldbuilding. On my first read I interpreted all of these things as cons, but when I started embracing them and reading more between the lines, it really came together for me. Realizing that Mark Lawrence is a very deliberate author and trusting him more.

In part there are narrative reasons for Jorg's luck. The rest is sheer willpower :D I can understand why people have problems with it. I did at first, too. But after a while I found it immensely entertaining how exactly he would get out of a situation and how potentially over the top that would be and then in reality it was even more awesome. He's kind of Chuck Norris' little brother.

Man, I had assumed you had already reviewed this because I know you're a huge broken empire fan, just as I am. This video was pleasant surprise. Fantastic breakdown. I'm not going to lie, it is a little frustrating that people write off the entire trilogy for something Jorg, a fictional character, mentions in the first chapter of the first book of the series, but at the same time I totally get it. This book is not for everyone. I almost feel like telling people to skip the first chapter or those two sentences and they'll be fine. lol...I won't do that, but I feel like I should.

For me, I tend to dislike child characters. So Jorg being so non-childlike actually was an appeal for me haha

This book series sounds so good. I hope to get to it at some point. Thanks for the review. Happy Reading!!!

These reviews are just SO entertaining! My favorite Fantasy review channel!

I have heard a lot of good things about this one, I've been wanting to read it.

This is a great case for Broken Empire. As you said, I've heard all the complaints people have with this book. I own it, but haven't yet decided when I'll get around to reading it.

i don't mind unlikeable characters in books, as a matter of fact i like the psycologist aspect behind.

Ah, back to where it all started! Great insights into the psychology of one of fantasy’s most fascinating characters. Excellent review, brother.

Picked this one up after your little birthday party of this book. I'm reading emperor of thorns atm and enjoying it (esp the characters, humour and worldbuiling)

Just want to say that I support your view of having compassion towards this character being a broken man who comes from a very traumatic youth. At the same time, I can understand how some people can't separate the person from their actions, especially if those who judge have been traumatized by such actions. Sometimes people have to vilify the abuser in order to leave the relationship or see that this cannot be condoned; that's actually a necessary step sometimes. For those who are able, however, I am strongly in favor of offering a compassionate view and necessary treatment to those who are considered "broken" or abusive. I wish that wasn't such a taboo idea. I know we're talking about a fictional character here–and I haven't read the book–but this really spoke to my heart. I appreciate your reviews, as always!

Am also getting ready for are-read. This trilogy is amazing, and Mark Lawrence is fantastic!

Awsome review! I knew i had read somewhere that Lawrence mentioned that Jorg was inspired a little bit by Alex from Clockwork Orange! Thought i dreamed it lol 😆👍

I'm sold, its been on my shelf for too long without being read

A fantasy Clockwork Orange? That sounds awesome. I'm glad that I have already got these novels on my kindle.

I finished the first book in the Book of the Ancestor trilogy a couple of weeks ago, and will be looking into both of Lawrence's other series once I've completed this one. 😊 Great review.

Finally got around to reading this first book and I'm glad it didn't disappoint. Will be starting King of Thorns immediately

I really, really wanted to like this book. I liked the cover. I liked the description. I liked that it has good ratings. And then I started it. And I have to blame myself for not doing enough research about this book.  The book started off really weird at first. So much so that I couldn't really get a good grasp on it. I did audio, and the guy narrating it was so off-putting for me, I had to listen in small blocks of time . . . 20 minutes here, 15 minutes there. Don't get me wrong. I respect that Mark Lawrence wrote something that got published and is well loved. I think that is awesome. That being said, this book was not for me. And for those who liked or really loved it, I am glad it worked for you. Now, I have to be honest; it is all bad; As I moved along in the story, I began to find parts of the story I liked, but not enough to get me to the 3 out of 5 level. I was not put off by the violence; I had no problem with it, however the feats attained by the main character at so young an age . . . yeah, I don't know. So ultimately I feel comfortable giving the story a 2 out of 5 . . . it was ok. I will not be continuing with the next two books in the series.

It's funny how gut wrenching the experience of reading this book was. I had finished the flowery prose of Kingkiller Chronicles and dived into a very fast paced and violent narrative. It felt so hopeless and ambiguous at the time, reading it whilst depressed. It was how I got intrigued and obsessed with grimdark. I'm writing a Uni thesis on Grimdark subgenre and its evolution since the standard, traditional fantasy.

I’m reading chapter 27 of this book right now. It seemed(so far) like Anthony burgess meets Maurice sendak. First impression. Some Alex came out early, but max didn’t occur to me until just now. Thanks for your work.

This was an amazing and very entertaining review!
I'm late to the party, but I've just finished the first two books in the trilogy and I'm loving it. It's such a refreshing story and I really enjoy the dark humor. ;) I totally agree on the judgement part....It's like you're not allowed to enjoy a good story, because of critical subjects or a character because of his behaviour. Well...

Finally have the whole trilogy. Can't wait to read it.

Hoping to start this one shortly!

Greetings from Denmark good sir. I just wanted to let you know that you have peaked my interrest like shit. I'm a murky mofo aswell, and my friends always say I have a sick and twisted mind. I'm starting reading this tonight.

Thanks for the review. Gotta check this one out.

I read this when it came out. It impacted me. So much so that I have a small dagger tattoo written "red Jorg" ;)

This is now #2 on my TBR.

Love the review man, I read good deal of grimdark books the last few years but dam the hype on this one def delivered lol, dark humor in this one is very underrated

Okay it's finally clicking with me this time lol. Not sure why it wasn't before. Maybe I just had to get over the fact he's a piece of shit person 😂

Glad to see a positive review of one of my all-time favourites trilogies.

Btw, I thought a psychopath was someone with no feelings and a sociopath was capable of feelings and forming attachments, but it takes a lot more and is a lot rarer?

If those definitions hold, would Jorg not be the latter? To be clear, I don't think it would diminish him, just like I don't think it diminished early series TV Dexter. If anything, it's an interesting study in neurodiversity.

Enjoyed your delivery btw. Have subbed 👍

Yes I'm having a hard time reading but prince Jorge we can't judge him mother raped in front of him an killed younger brother too... at 10 he went crazy He's bad I don't like the prince 😔 but I can feel for him my dad was a child molester an I had so much anger till I was 16. I knocked a guys teeth out an took 300 dollars at 16 we do bad things out of anger based on life experiences no its not right but this is life. So I can read an sympathize for him it's hard but lessons to learn about myself an forgiveness.

Just loved your review. I am just starting to read these books, and so far I am impressed. Thanks!