An Orc on the Wild Side

This was a decent send up of fantasy, specifically poking fun at Tolkien.  It made me smile a lot, but was not the rip-roaring laugh fest I thought it would be.  However, the puns are great, the jabs at LOTR are amusing, the satire of the whole was well thought out.  It made fun of race, gender, retirement, gentrification, middle class, and corporate greed.  And it’s all played out in a basically plotless tale with elves, dwarves, wizards, goblins, wraiths, and humans.  I enjoyed the book and will read more by Holt in the future.  If you like authors like Terry Pratchett, Douglas Adams, and Christopher Moore, you’ll enjoy this one too.

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