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King's Hounds, The (2013)

by Martin Jensen(Favorite Author)

3.46 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

148053126X (ISBN13: 9781480531260)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Brilliance Audio

series

Kong Knud

review 1: As a general rule, if the protagonist of a book is insisting to the reader within the the first 20 pages that some sex he had was totally consensual no matter what the woman he slept with said, there's going to be an uphill battle for me to like the story. This is even more true when the tale is supposed to be a comedy. My dislike of the protagonist colored my enjoyment of the entire story. Being in his point of view was unpleasant, as he walked around in an overconfident swagger, commenting to the reader on the attractiveness of various plot-important women. His perspective also made it impossible for any of the women in the plot to get any character development, as their primary descriptor gravitated to their breast size. I don't get along with people who see women prima... morerily as physical attributes in real life, and it is no less insufferable here. There was a decent mystery under all the lechery somewhere, and I've come away with an increased interest in King Cnut from the setting. However the protagonist made it a chore to read.
review 2: The main character (Halfdan's) attitude towards women was cringeworthy: men who in real life assume every glance from a woman is flirtatious and who grope women without their consent and against their protests are odious, not charming. I stuck it out because I didn't have anything else to read on vacation, but I don't think I'll be reading the sequels—I don't want to spend any more time with Halfdan. less

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