She’s hideous and messed up beyond any hope, and she’s a horrible cutthroat bitch with no shred of morals or honor, but she’s still an awesome character and I liked her. One of the female characters, Stehlen the kleptic, is all kinds of awesome. Reading this book made me realize how much I missed reading a well written, awful villain I could hate like no tomorrow. None of the fantasy books I recently read featured such a horrible villain. Erbrechen one is 1000 times more revolting than all other characters and I’d say I hated him as much as I hated Dolores Umbridge from Harry Potter and Joffrey from Asoiaf/The Game of Thrones. There’s only one character I (and I think everyone else) hated, which is the gluttonous, greedy slug Erbrechen the Slaver. Don’t ask me how that is possible, this book is a work of genius and makes you care about those awful cretins. Everyone is batshit crazy except for the one sane character.Įven though the characters are all insane and horrible, you still root for them.
The point of view characters are horribly vile and amoral, perhaps with the exception of the little boy, whose innocence turns out to be tarnished like everything else in the book. The best way I can describe this book is that it’s immensely dark and gritty with slivers of hope, witty philosophy and stunning black humor scattered around. It has plenty of twisted humor and dark satire between the lines. It’s the epitomy of grimdark but far from depressing. My opinions are my own.Ī lot of reviewers call Beyond Redemption ‘The grimdarkest of grimdark’ and as a grimdark fan, I agree with them. I have received a review copy from the author in exchange of an honest review.
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