traditionson's review
4.0
A great parody
A parody that really takes the mick out of the series. Very in your face at times that highlights the crazy times, interesting though and will look forward in seeing how it goes forwards.
A parody that really takes the mick out of the series. Very in your face at times that highlights the crazy times, interesting though and will look forward in seeing how it goes forwards.
kingjason's review
3.0
An interesting read, a silly fantasy story told in a very serious way.
I'm not a massive fan of fantasy books, all those wizards and trolls and knights in shining armour, but I know Jamie Brindle is a good writer and likes to do things a little bit differently to anybody else. and in Magic Be With You he has found a unique style, a very calming way of telling a story There is a big battle in the book, plenty of violence and gore and yet the descriptive writing slows everything down and it becomes like emotionless description of a battle. Things like after a bad guy gets killed there is a comment "Which was fair because he wasn't a good person". Somehow it seems to work, but for how long? this is only volume one in this series, I'm interested to see how Jamie can keep this up and not turn it into a one-joke-book.
Blog review: https://felcherman.wordpress.com/2019/03/25/magic-be-with-you-episodes-1-5-by-jamie-brindle/
I'm not a massive fan of fantasy books, all those wizards and trolls and knights in shining armour, but I know Jamie Brindle is a good writer and likes to do things a little bit differently to anybody else. and in Magic Be With You he has found a unique style, a very calming way of telling a story There is a big battle in the book, plenty of violence and gore and yet the descriptive writing slows everything down and it becomes like emotionless description of a battle. Things like after a bad guy gets killed there is a comment "Which was fair because he wasn't a good person". Somehow it seems to work, but for how long? this is only volume one in this series, I'm interested to see how Jamie can keep this up and not turn it into a one-joke-book.
Blog review: https://felcherman.wordpress.com/2019/03/25/magic-be-with-you-episodes-1-5-by-jamie-brindle/
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