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A review by roadtripreader
Orconomics by J. Zachary Pike
adventurous
funny
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
You know, I realize something about Litrpg - some offerings are almost discworldian and I think (GNU) Terry Pratchett was way ahead of his time. This book is hilarious, a bloody mess, violent, and utter ludicrous fun.
The dialogue in this book is so witty and underhanded in it's genius. And maybe this is the polyglot in me speaking but I do like a book with a good try at a made up language, makes me feel all warm and fuzzy as a reader, like heck yeah yo go create a whole vowel, diphthongs, lexicons grammar and syntax system - I'll be psyched to try and pronounce it. So, can we get that Goblin tongue on Duolingo or Babel or Fluentu?
Plot and Themes:
To any Freshmen or High School final years studying Economics, this book takes all that theory and turns it into this all-out-practical in a fully developed fantasy world. I'd use this for my students without hesitation. Watch me lesson prep Consumer Behavior and Competitive Markets to this.
There's also a grieving Goddess who's had a mental breakdown. An insane prophecy that followers of the religion clearly misunderstand, a ragtag group of heroes and sundry - quests arise and fall and ensnare professional "fallen" heroes and other unsavories. Ah yes, one cannot quest without a bard.
Two Sentences, A Scene or less - Characters:
Gleebek is fugly adorable, poor little runt. Ew.
Gorm experienced the full might of "no good deed goes unpunished" in real time. He's also clanless and suffering from Quest PTSD after the Spider King debacle
Favorite/Curious/Unique Scene:
⚜️Gorm haggling with the Naga barkeep Angusss the-middle-s-is-silent
⚜️“Ah,” said Gorm. “And we have a choice?”
“Oh, there’s always a choice. Choice is a constant.” Flinn grinned, a cold glint in his eye. “It’s consequences that vary.”
⚜️Broke Chymera with nothing of Value in its Hoard. The travesty.
⚜️Meeting Niln The Seventh Hero
⚜️A gathering of ... heroes? For the Mad Goddess.
Favorite/Curious/Unique Quotes:
🖤 “This was where you dropped a body that would never be found. This was where you sent a man you didn’t want to hear from again. This was where you holed up when you needed to be unseen for a while. Or, this was where you came to find someone who had done all of those things.” (Gorm on Underdim in Andarun)
🖤 “Ye’ve got no monster, no loot, no quest, no investors, nothing. This isn’t professional heroics. It ain’t even amateur heroics. You’ve just got some fanciful dreams of glory and the writings of a barmy goddess.”” (It's basic orconomics)
🖤 “He was sick of drinking, and sick of being sober, and regretting that those were essentially the only two options he, and everyone else, ever had.” (Gorm has had enough of this BS called life)
Favorite/Curious/Unique Concepts:
■Goldson Baggs Group, Inc, Adventure Capital, Plunder Funds
■ Beef rolls inflation, Search Sprites aka 1Dimensional robot tracker Hoard Adjusters, Hoard Appraisers
■ Dwarven Courting/Reproduction,
■Al’Matra, Al’Thadan, Sten, Mannon and Tandos.
■ Doppelgangers, Tinderkin, Shadowkin, Scribkin, Solamancy, Noctomancy
■Andarun Stock Exchange, Noncombatant papers, FOEs, Official Guide to Professional Heroics,
■Interspecies pairings resulting in Human offspring is MINDBLOWING
GR Rating: 4⭐
CAWPILE: 8
StoryGraph Challenge: 1800 Books by 2025
Challenge Prompt: 150 LITRPG (Fantasy) Books by 2025
The dialogue in this book is so witty and underhanded in it's genius. And maybe this is the polyglot in me speaking but I do like a book with a good try at a made up language, makes me feel all warm and fuzzy as a reader, like heck yeah yo go create a whole vowel, diphthongs, lexicons grammar and syntax system - I'll be psyched to try and pronounce it. So, can we get that Goblin tongue on Duolingo or Babel or Fluentu?
Plot and Themes:
To any Freshmen or High School final years studying Economics, this book takes all that theory and turns it into this all-out-practical in a fully developed fantasy world. I'd use this for my students without hesitation. Watch me lesson prep Consumer Behavior and Competitive Markets to this.
There's also a grieving Goddess who's had a mental breakdown. An insane prophecy that followers of the religion clearly misunderstand, a ragtag group of heroes and sundry - quests arise and fall and ensnare professional "fallen" heroes and other unsavories. Ah yes, one cannot quest without a bard.
Two Sentences, A Scene or less - Characters:
Gleebek is fugly adorable, poor little runt. Ew.
Gorm experienced the full might of "no good deed goes unpunished" in real time. He's also clanless and suffering from Quest PTSD after the Spider King debacle
Favorite/Curious/Unique Scene:
⚜️Gorm haggling with the Naga barkeep Angusss the-middle-s-is-silent
⚜️“Ah,” said Gorm. “And we have a choice?”
“Oh, there’s always a choice. Choice is a constant.” Flinn grinned, a cold glint in his eye. “It’s consequences that vary.”
⚜️Broke Chymera with nothing of Value in its Hoard. The travesty.
⚜️Meeting Niln The Seventh Hero
⚜️A gathering of ... heroes? For the Mad Goddess.
Favorite/Curious/Unique Quotes:
🖤 “This was where you dropped a body that would never be found. This was where you sent a man you didn’t want to hear from again. This was where you holed up when you needed to be unseen for a while. Or, this was where you came to find someone who had done all of those things.” (Gorm on Underdim in Andarun)
🖤 “Ye’ve got no monster, no loot, no quest, no investors, nothing. This isn’t professional heroics. It ain’t even amateur heroics. You’ve just got some fanciful dreams of glory and the writings of a barmy goddess.”” (It's basic orconomics)
🖤 “He was sick of drinking, and sick of being sober, and regretting that those were essentially the only two options he, and everyone else, ever had.” (Gorm has had enough of this BS called life)
Favorite/Curious/Unique Concepts:
■Goldson Baggs Group, Inc, Adventure Capital, Plunder Funds
■ Beef rolls inflation, Search Sprites aka 1Dimensional robot tracker Hoard Adjusters, Hoard Appraisers
■ Dwarven Courting/Reproduction,
■Al’Matra, Al’Thadan, Sten, Mannon and Tandos.
■ Doppelgangers, Tinderkin, Shadowkin, Scribkin, Solamancy, Noctomancy
■Andarun Stock Exchange, Noncombatant papers, FOEs, Official Guide to Professional Heroics,
■Interspecies pairings resulting in Human offspring is MINDBLOWING
GR Rating: 4⭐
CAWPILE: 8
StoryGraph Challenge: 1800 Books by 2025
Challenge Prompt: 150 LITRPG (Fantasy) Books by 2025