Goblin Slayer tells the tale of Goblin Slayer, a person wearing a cheap leather armor, chain mail, shield and a small sword who lives to slay Goblins and nothing else.
How does one make this type of monster interesting to fight when they are considered one of the weakest monsters in all forms of medieval fantasy stories? well here in this case it seems the author decided to take a few liberties in how ruthless the Goblins are, specifically with human females, some people might think that the author did it to give it shock value, I personally think that he did this to make them seem more menacing as the intention of the author was to have a guy who specialized in combat against these weak creatures that most adventurer don't care about as they are considered to weak to be worth the effort, yet for people who let their guard down, they could be viciously ruthless. Take this as a warning on whether you might like this
Such is the story of this first novel, it starts with the story of Priestess, a young priestess fresh out of church who just started her adventurer life with her new found adventurer party, yet soon she finds out that the adventurer life aint all fun and thrills and meets this Goblin Slayer who will prove to be a great mentor.
You can tell the author loved or loves playing Dungeons and Dragons as he explains how the world works in Goblin Slayer, instead of having lets say.. Mana for magic, magic users have miracles which they can perform, he explains how "experience points" work etc, goes into explaining about startegies, weapon durability and other quirks that are usually forgotten in some medieval fantasy stories which are common place in Dungeons and Dragons.
The story is very straight forward, you are going to read Golbins being slain, yet there is a back story of the main character and his motivations as well see the growth of both Priestess becoming a more reliable adventurer as well as Goblin Slayer growing and getting over past problems.
Even though the story for the most part is a bit grim it does offer some moments of comedy in the form of an elf and a dward which well .. they are always at odds with each other and the banter is quite entertaining, yet I do feel it has been a bit overplayed by most medieval fantasy stories and movies (Think of Legolas and Gimly in Lords of the Rings) that said, it is still nice having them.
All in all it was a fun read, I liked all characters presented in this volume and look forward to book 2, and I recommend for anyone intersted in medieval fantasy adventures.
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I love dark fanstasy and this definitely one of the best reads in awhile. It starts with a typical fantasy setting and just throws you a curve ball when you least expect it. I will definitely be buying the rest as it comes out. The main character especially has a unique personality not a high achiever but very disciplined and skilled. Very cool and calculating.
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