The Black Unicorn (Magic Kingdom of Landover Novel)

mass market paperback, 320 pages

English language

Published Aug. 12, 1988 by Del Rey.

ISBN:
978-0-345-33528-9
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A year had passed since Ben Holiday bought the Magic Kingdon from the wizard, Meeks. But unbeknownst to him, he has been the victim of a trap by Meeks, who has succeeded in stealing the Paladin and appropriating his face. Suddenly none of Ben's friends know him, but all of his enemies do. He must win it all back again--only this time on his own!From the Paperback edition.

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Did this man have no editor?

There are two woman in this book that exist as objects of sexual desire for male characters. BOTH of them are described as having "child bodies". As they say, if I had a nickel for every time this happened, I'd have ten cents, which isn't a lot but it's pretty messed up that it happened twice. Since there aren't other women in the book, I guess another way to say it is that 100% of the women in the book exist as sexual objects for men, and are specifically described as having "child bodies".

There are plenty of other problems with the book. It's really boring, being the big one. I solved the MC's problem as soon as it was introduced and then had to wait 250 pages for him to realize the obvious thing, and most of that runtime was endless whining at a cat who was as frustrated …

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  • Fiction - Fantasy
  • Fantasy
  • Fantasy - General
  • Fiction / Fantasy / General
  • Fantastic fiction