Disenchanted

Land of Dis

By: Robert Kroese

Narrated by: Phil Gigante

Length: 6 hrs and 29 mins

Publisher's summary

King Boric the Implacable knows death comes to all great warriors. He just didn't expect it to be so damn fickle. Felled by an assassin's blade, he should be spending eternity carousing in the Hall of Avandoor. Instead, his spirit is bound to his decaying body by the enchanted sword of Brakslaagt. And unless he can hunt down the mysterious Lord Brand, who gave him the weapon so long ago, he is cursed to wander the earth forever as an undead wraith. So begins Boric's extraordinary journey across the Six Kingdoms of Dis as a walking corpse who wants nothing more than to be disenchanted and left in peace. His is not an easy quest: along the way he is burned, riddled with arrows, and nearly blown to bits. But when he finally comes face-to-face with Lord Brand, Boric will discover that nothing - in life, in death, or in between - is exactly what it seems.

©2012 Robert Kroese (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

FOR GROVLICK SAKE

HATRED IS THE COLD FROG WITHIN YOUR BOOT.
I have to fully agree with MATTHEW, THE POLITICIAN FROM LITTLE ROCK, this is a GOOD TIME KILLER NOVEL and is CLEVER AT TIMES. It starts out extremely funny with the whole suicidal sheep gag. After that it is not as funny, but does have it's moments. It is also a quest fantasy novel or a satire of one?(also stolen from MATTHEW). I was a little confused at the beginning with the switching back and forth in time, but soon caught on. This will never be my favorite anything, but was a fun listen. I will buy the sequels if they also go on sale, but only if.

Q: WHAT SORCERY IS THIS?
A: RABBIT STEW
Phil Gigante was the perfect narrator for this and he made it even better.

GET THAT THROUGH YOUR MAGGOT INVESTED HEAD

pretty good story

at first, it seemed like a tired over used dirty line. But the ending was a nice twist

A fun little romp

This is a fun little romp through some fantasy land with a little bit of character development at the end. Overall it was just a joy to listen to.

Fun read, and worth a listen, too.

Any additional comments?

I really enjoyed this book. It was the first I'd read by Kroese, so I wasn't sure what to expect. I also tend to be pretty skeptical of farcical books, but I found this one to be well done, and actually funny.

The characters are interesting, and the story twists are surprising, especially toward the end. There was one fairly cliché sexist moment in the plot, and it kind of pissed me off. However, the female character involved was pretty well represented in the rest of the book as an intelligent, caring, and important person. This compared to the much-less-intelligent lead male character.

I read most of the book on Kindle, but it came with free audio narration by Phil Gigante, and I listened to the last quarter. I wish I'd listened to the whole thing because he's one of the best audiobook narrators I've heard and made the story even more fun.

in the land of dis...

another book from the land of dis. disenchanted is a fun book with some great characters and some accidental success

Loved this!

Everyone should read DIS!...subtle political timely satire encased in a well written fairytale with a layer of humor. Proves you can have fun while making excellent points. Reader does a great job. Lots of sci fi references and current references set in a semi medival world. Hints of Pratchett and Frank Herbert make this exceptional :)

Abundant laughs, exorbitant action.

I could throw kind, empty words out all day, or I could get right to the point.

This is a clever tale that had me addicted within a few minutes. It's funny, clever and above all, unique. Even when the writer borrowed (with respect) from pop culture, he found ways to make it unique. I'm excited as hell to dive into the next two and more from this author!

Genre Send-Up

Boric the Implacable, king since he dispatched an ogre that was terrorizing his father's domain, is himself killed at the start of Disenchanted. But he is immediately reanimated as an undead wraith who must break the spell that binds him to his sword so that he can ascend to warrior heaven.

Robert Kroese has quite prolifically made a living at sending up science fiction and fantasy genres -- the space opera in the Space Grifters series, noir in The Big Sheep series, divine entities in the Mercury series, and Tolkienesque fantasy in the Dis series that begins with this entry. At least those are the ones that I have sampled, there are more.

While he may not match up with the luminaries he is compared to -- Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, Chris Moore -- Kroese finds enough humor and enough decent storytelling and world building to bring me back for more. Space Grifters has been the best, making me want to return right away to the series, the others drawing me back in when they become available at opportune times (Audible sales, Kindle Unlimited, the Plus Catalog).

Disenchanted was good enough for me, funny enough. The narration is excellent. The story, eh, OK but not especially compelling, not that that matters all that much in a satire. Your mileage may vary.

Warning, do not listen in public

Would you consider the audio edition of Disenchanted to be better than the print version?

Two words Phil Gigante!

What other book might you compare Disenchanted to and why?

Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy meets Lord of the Rings, writing with a Monty Python flare.

Which scene was your favorite?

suicidal sheep

Any additional comments?

This writer is wonderful and so funny!! Having Phil read it was magic, and I couldn't imagine it any other way. He read it with such seriousness and I can't think how someone else could pull it off. Just don't read it in public or while running. The first will get you really weird looks, the latter will make it hard to breath through all the giggling! What a great fun book! I would recomend to any age, any gender. My 15 year old son loved it too!

Entertaining, Not Epic. Funny and Interesting.

This book is good stuff. It's a quest/finding-yourself type fantasy but it it not the long epic kind. Its is the entertaining and interesting kind. The plot was just complex enough to be interesting without that epic fantasy feel that can bog you down sometimes if you are not in the mood for it. The entire book was funny, but it was also surprisingly thought provoking. I had read the book previously and liked it so much I decided to add on the narration and give it a go. A very enjoyable listen. The narrator was great.