Mid-Lich Crisis

By: Steve Thomas

Narrated by: C.J. McAllister

Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

An evil wizard has a midlife crisis.

Is trying to sacrifice your estranged wife to a bloodthirsty demon an irredeemable act of evil? This is the sort of question the Dread Wizard Darruk Darkbringer struggles with. After being called evil one too many times, Darruk sets off to find a new purpose in his life and become a beloved celebrity. Can a dark wizard come to terms with himself and prove to the world that a few atrocities don’t define who he is? You’ll feel guilty for laughing at his twisted tale of self-discovery.

©2019 Steve Thomas (P)2020 Steve Thomas

not as funny as I hoped

the description suggested funny satire with cruelty in misunderstanding I found very little of that in this book it tried to hit on some but fell short

Fun Story To Listen To

Great narrator for a wild and unpredictable story. Nice departures from standard fantasy stereotypes and makes evil look good, if not just a little misguided!

Was just okay

This story was simply mediocre. Yeah, there were some kinda funny parts, however I would not recommend this book, there are better stories to listen to.

Mid-Book Crisis

love evil main characters/anti-heroes!

It's a cool concept, and pretty well written:
the dialog feels natural,
most characters have a well-differentiated voice,
and there's enough exposition to flesh out the world without taking away from the action.

However, this book was a bit too satirical for me, and the plot a bit too whimsical - I couldn't take it seriously and found the journey lacked tension.

Is it fair for me to mark a book that's tagged with 'Humorous' down for being too funny? Maybe not, but I was in the mood for something a bit more serious. If you were too, here are a couple of books with a similar feeling but a more gripping plot:

Overlord - The Protagonist is a normal person who gets reincarnated as the Overlord Lich, with loyal, adoring minions he has to hide his incompetence from.
Demons of Astlan - A kid smoking weed has an out-of-body experience and gets summoned into another world as a demon.
Waldo Rabbit - An e-word mage has to go on a coming of age journey, committing evil deeds to bring honor to his family, but he turns out to not be very good at being the e-word.

Entertaining

The story was very entertaining and CJ McAllister did an excellent job narrating. I enjoyed it very much.

fun

enjoyable take on what heroes and villains are. ever put yourself in some one else's shoes? try Derricks

I really enjoyed this book

This is not your typical book, and it's all the better for it. If you're looking for a quick story (I listen to audiobooks most of the day at work, so I am willing to admit that my definition of quick is a bit different than most people's) that isn't a collaboration of cookie-cutter plotlines, then this is definitely worth a listen.

waiting for another book

It was good write more! An interesting combination of comedy and good story telling. Rare to have a book focus on the bad guys.

Great overall

Overall good story and narration. If there’s a second book on the making I would ask for more improvements of the humorous action and adult themes this book vaguely hit the mark on.

Blah

The author is just not that funny. He tries, and almost succeeds, in being as good as some authors I’ve read but fails.