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No Country for Old Gnomes: The Tales of Pell…
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No Country for Old Gnomes: The Tales of Pell (Original 2019; 2019. Auflage)

von Kevin Hearne (Autor)

Reihen: Tales of Pell (2)

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Go big or go gnome. The New York Times bestselling authors of Kill the Farm Boy welcome you to the world of Pell, the irreverent fantasy universe that recalls Monty Python and Terry Pratchett.   "A complete delight, as fluffy and fun as The Lego Movie and as heartfelt as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."--Locus War is coming, and it's gonna be Pell. On one side stand the gnomes: smol, cheerful, possessing tidy cardigans and no taste for cruelty. On the other side sit the halflings, proudly astride their war alpacas, carrying bags of grenades and hungry for a fight. And pretty much anything else. It takes only one halfling bomb and Offi Numminen's world is turned upside down--or downside up, really, since he lives in a hole in the ground. His goth cardigans and aggressive melancholy set him apart from the other gnomes, as does his decision to fight back against their halfling oppressors. Suddenly Offi is the leader of a band of lovable misfits and outcasts--from a gryphon who would literally kill for omelets to a young dwarf herbalist who is better with bees than with his cudgel to an assertive and cheerful teen witch with a beard as long as her book of curses--all on a journey to the Toot Towers to confront the dastardly villain intent on tearing Pell asunder. These adventurers never fit in anywhere else, but as they become friends, fight mermaids, and get really angry at this one raccoon, they learn that there's nothing more heroic than being yourself. In No Country for Old Gnomes, Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne lovingly tweak the tropes of fantasy and fairy tales. Here you'll find goofy jokes and whimsical puns, but you'll also find a diverse, feminist, and lighthearted approach to fantasy that will bring a smile to your face and many fine cheeses to your plate.… (mehr)
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Titel:No Country for Old Gnomes: The Tales of Pell
Autoren:Kevin Hearne (Autor)
Info:Del Rey (2019), 416 pages
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No Country for Old Gnomes von Delilah S. Dawson (2019)

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This was barely a 3 for me. It is not nearly as funny as it thinks it is. I was amused from time to time but I am not sure I am going to be reading the next book. I talked myself into this one so I won’t rule it out. ( )
  cdaley | Nov 2, 2023 |
I haven't read the first book of Pell, so it may be that I would have enjoyed this more in order. While I appreciate the sheet heights of absurdity that a books this full of puns has achieved, I think I may have grown out of a true ability to enjoy them when I graduated from Xanth. It took me a while to get into it. ( )
  jennybeast | Apr 14, 2022 |
Very well executed fun fluff. ( )
  wetdryvac | Mar 2, 2021 |
Another fun-filled adventure in Pell! No Country for Old Gnomes takes place after the previous Kill the Farm Boy, though with a different cast of characters. (Don't worry, all of the previous cast at least make a cameo appearance in the story). This time the homes of gnomes are being exploded by rogue halflings in a nefarious land scam. An unusual group of adventurers - two gnomes, a halfling, a dwarf, an ovataur (part sheep, part human), and a griffon - must travel the Skyre to right the wrongs being done to the kingdom, and maybe along they way they will discover a few new things about themselves in the process.

Delilah and Kevin have done another fantastic job of blending humor and fantasy into a richly woven world where your typical expectations of "fantasy" are generally thrown out the window. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, maybe in places even more than the first book. (The scene with Tommy Bombastic comes to mind and still makes me laugh thinking about it.) Overall a great follow up and I look forward to more adventures in Pell. ( )
  GeoffHabiger | Jan 24, 2021 |
Well there wasn’t as many poop jokes this time around, but there was still some so, you know, ehh..

Overall, this was pretty bland and boring. This book really lacked that character building that I loved in the first one. Each of the characters just kind of fell flat for me, and some even felt like they disappeared from the scenes even though they were in them. The group this time just felt very forced and unconnected.

I love gnomes so I was really looking forward to there being gnomes but I wasn’t impressed with them, and that kind of breaks my heart. I didn’t walk away from this book with a favorite character, like I did the first one.

The plot was vast but so boring. There was always something happening which was how the first one was, but maybe it was the characters that were just ruining the story, I don’t know. I laughed a few times. I didn’t get excited when Poltro showed up, but it wasn’t enough I needed more of her.

It was just pretty boring and well it’s over now, the cover is pretty. I’ll pick up book 3 just to finish it off but it might be a bit before I do. ( )
  SweetKokoro | Jul 30, 2020 |
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Dawson, Delilah S.Hauptautoralle Ausgabenbestätigt
Hearne, KevinHauptautoralle Ausgabenbestätigt
Biel, ScottUmschlaggestalterCo-Autoreinige Ausgabenbestätigt
Phillips, CraigUmschlagillustrationCo-Autoreinige Ausgabenbestätigt

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Go big or go gnome. The New York Times bestselling authors of Kill the Farm Boy welcome you to the world of Pell, the irreverent fantasy universe that recalls Monty Python and Terry Pratchett.   "A complete delight, as fluffy and fun as The Lego Movie and as heartfelt as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone."--Locus War is coming, and it's gonna be Pell. On one side stand the gnomes: smol, cheerful, possessing tidy cardigans and no taste for cruelty. On the other side sit the halflings, proudly astride their war alpacas, carrying bags of grenades and hungry for a fight. And pretty much anything else. It takes only one halfling bomb and Offi Numminen's world is turned upside down--or downside up, really, since he lives in a hole in the ground. His goth cardigans and aggressive melancholy set him apart from the other gnomes, as does his decision to fight back against their halfling oppressors. Suddenly Offi is the leader of a band of lovable misfits and outcasts--from a gryphon who would literally kill for omelets to a young dwarf herbalist who is better with bees than with his cudgel to an assertive and cheerful teen witch with a beard as long as her book of curses--all on a journey to the Toot Towers to confront the dastardly villain intent on tearing Pell asunder. These adventurers never fit in anywhere else, but as they become friends, fight mermaids, and get really angry at this one raccoon, they learn that there's nothing more heroic than being yourself. In No Country for Old Gnomes, Delilah S. Dawson and Kevin Hearne lovingly tweak the tropes of fantasy and fairy tales. Here you'll find goofy jokes and whimsical puns, but you'll also find a diverse, feminist, and lighthearted approach to fantasy that will bring a smile to your face and many fine cheeses to your plate.

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