A beginning book of a Trilogy taking Orcs being the POV characters. Mr. Nicholls has a good dialogue and plot technique. ( )

This review is for the Orcs First Blood Trilogy, Stan Nicholls. featuring Bodyguard of Lightning, Legion of Thunder, Warriors of the Tempest.
Read back to back, these books seem oddly poignant in today’s climate being that the not so subliminal subtext is one of racism and the environment. The author has tried to turn classical fantasy tropes on their head by making the orcs the protagonists. To an extent, he succeeds, although I’m left feeling these books could have been far deeper than they are. For the most part, they are a light, entertaining read. In other spots they are possibly overly violent, though in a world populated by magical beasts and humans perhaps the brutality is not so surprising. I’ve few problems with the author trying to get down and dirty, but I’m not so sure the lighter passages aren’t at odds with the darkness of the story, the writing akin to Young Adult novels in places. Still, I liked this not-so-merry band of orcs; sadly, they’re too humanised, and I often forgot they ‘were’ orcs, with the pacing uneven and the ending a little anticlimactic. Still, I enjoyed the read. ( )

Fantasy classique mais efficace. Seule originalité: les personnages sont des orcs, pour une fois dans le rôle principal et pas les méchants de l'histoire. ( )

Discreto.
Primo di tre volumi ma la storia è una sola, vedi il terzo volume. ( )

Talmente scontato che si indovina sempre cosa succederà 20 pagine dopo.
I personaggi sono più stereotipati che in un fumetto brutto.
Adatto solo a fanatici di DND con non più di 13 anni.

noioso, Noioso, NOIOSO ( )