The Goblin Emperor

Published Oct. 29, 2014 by Tor Books.

ISBN:
9780765326997

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4 stars (30 reviews)

Fantasy novel by Sarah Monette under the pseudonym Katherine Addison.

1 edition

Review of 'The Goblin Emperor' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

Ada Palmer holds up several novels as examples of hopepunk in "Hopepunk, optimism, purity, and futures of hard work". Hopepunk is a neologism initially intended to be the opposite of grimdark but as she elucidates in that excellent essay, it's come to mean more: stories about imperfection, about the hard work of trying to make things better even as we know they might get worse:

We also need stories of people who are tired like us. Who are trapped between crises like us. Who are grungy, and sweaty, and compromised, and struggling like us.



One of those examples was The Goblin Emperor and I loved Maia's goodness, perfectly-rendered to fit with the world-building. I love slow-burn slice of life stories where people are basically good to each other despite life's many imperfections, and while very different than my go-to examples of that genre, The Goblin Emperor joins that list. …

Review of 'The Goblin Emperor' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

The most important thing to know about this book is that it is not a political intrigue book, despite its appearance. The bad guys twirl their mustaches at the camera, and the only "surprise" betrayal is a surprise because the betrayer is such a non-entity. However, if you're looking for a classic coming-of-age book, maybe this will be more your thing.

Review of 'The Goblin Emperor' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

A comment I received on one my status updates for this book gave me the excellent advice to read the appendix on naming conventions before reading the book. I received this advice too late to do me any good, but if you are considering reading this book, I pass the advice on to you in the hopes that you may benefit from what I could not.

So, this is a book about a intermittently abused and neglected kid who suddenly finds himself emperor, and that his life is thereby much circumscribed and only a little improved.

It is also a book that will, when read in a lump, have you producing sentences like the previous.

I was going to say "This book will probably appeal to fans of [b:Melusine|492069|Melusine (Doctrine of Labyrinths, #1)|Sarah Monette|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388352167s/492069.jpg|2484], by [a:Sarah Monette|128570|Sarah Monette|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1416683160p2/128570.jpg]," but I just looked, and apparently Katherine Addison is Sarah Monette. So, …

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