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A review by somewheregirl7
Ruler of the Realm by Herbie Brennan
1.0
Usually books suffer from the sophmore slump. Unfortunately, the Faerie Chronicles is terminally cursed when it comes to the third book. Was this even written by the same author? It was horrible. Awful. I want my hours back!
I have a few major pet peeves when it comes to books. A major one is authors forgetting their own story and contradicting themselves. There were some major holes in Ruler of the Realm. The first was the fact Henry suddenly looks normal ... and yet when The Purple Emperor closed he had technicolor hands and a rainbow chest. Nothing about that in this book. Now beyond that add in a plot that stumbles slowly along trying to be interesting but failing miserably. The whole alien/demon thing? Yeah, we get it. Way over done. The characters were acting out of character in many instances and there were several times I just wanted to reach into the book and smack them becuase they were being so stupid. Colossaly stupid. Improbably stupid. I stopped reading/listening 2/3 of the way through the book. I just couldn't make myself finish and I didn't care enough about the story.
I listened to the Audiobook version of this book. They switched narrators from the second book and the third also suffers for that. The new narrator doesn't have half the vocal range of Gerard Doyle, and he commits the further sin of mis-pronouncing half the names. Most annoying.
I have a few major pet peeves when it comes to books. A major one is authors forgetting their own story and contradicting themselves. There were some major holes in Ruler of the Realm. The first was the fact Henry suddenly looks normal ... and yet when The Purple Emperor closed he had technicolor hands and a rainbow chest. Nothing about that in this book. Now beyond that add in a plot that stumbles slowly along trying to be interesting but failing miserably. The whole alien/demon thing? Yeah, we get it. Way over done. The characters were acting out of character in many instances and there were several times I just wanted to reach into the book and smack them becuase they were being so stupid. Colossaly stupid. Improbably stupid. I stopped reading/listening 2/3 of the way through the book. I just couldn't make myself finish and I didn't care enough about the story.
I listened to the Audiobook version of this book. They switched narrators from the second book and the third also suffers for that. The new narrator doesn't have half the vocal range of Gerard Doyle, and he commits the further sin of mis-pronouncing half the names. Most annoying.