todb reviewed Grunts! by Mary Gentle
Review of 'Grunts!' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Halfling hand job. Turgid orc dicks.
Also, machine guns and castle raids and shit.
If that doesn’t sell you on this book, nothing will.
288 pages
Published July 16, 1992 by Transworld Publishers Ltd.
Halfling hand job. Turgid orc dicks.
Also, machine guns and castle raids and shit.
If that doesn’t sell you on this book, nothing will.
Second time through this, and it was an interesting experience. On the one hand, not being 14 anymore, I got many more of the references. But I also found a lot of humour fell very flat. It was not anywhere near as funny as I remember... It switches from outright farce to gritty dark comedy too quickly, which makes it really hard to nail town the tone.
However, as a concept it's great and well worth reading just for the exploration of what it actually be like to be an orc in a dark horde... too bad I just found it tonally all over place, but your mileage may vary.