A review by harperdrive
The Grey Bastards by Jonathan French

2.0

This book has so many good points, but it stands to be noted that writing high fantasy DOES NOT mean authors get a free pass for racism. Halflings in this universe are all Black and follow their ancestor’s former “master” as a god. The author’s choice of language is sometimes questionable in unnecessary ways. It doesn’t seem like there was a lot of attention paid to how things in the book reflected things in the real world.

In full disclosure, I’ve only read the first half of the book. The story is fairly good, but hard to enjoy when pissed off about the world-building.