Review of Mark Lawrence’s Prince of Fools, book one of The Red Queen’s War Trilogy
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- Опубліковано 4 січ 2025
- This video suggests Mark Lawrence’s brilliant character work as one of several reasons why The Prince of Fools begins The Red Queen’s War Trilogy in a manner worthy of The Broken Empire Trilogy, Lawrence’s previous tale set in the same world.
Yours are among the best fantasy reviews on YT. Keep it up & I’m sure your subs will grow.
Harrison Williams That’s very kind of you to say, and I’m more grateful than I can express for such encouragement! It’s really been enriching for me to engage with people like you, both on a personal level and in terms of my teaching. Thanks so much!
His Book of the Ancestor Trilogy is absolutely incredible. I think you will really enjoy that. I tried to read the first book of the Broken Empire a long time ago but I really loathed the main protagonist, Jorg. and I dropped the book. I never picked up another Mark Lawrence book again until Red Sister came out, but I decided to try him again and was absolutely blown away by it. I read and loved all three books in that trilogy.
I’m really looking forward to the Book of the Ancestor Trilogy, and I’m sure I’ll enjoy it since Mark Lawrence has a perfect record of impressing me. Regarding The Broken Empire Trilogy, I completely understand why you’d put it down if you didn’t like Jorg. He’s pretty much the main show there. I suspect you might enjoy Jalan Kendeth a bit more. He’s something of a scoundrel, but he’s not wounded like Jorg, and I found him fun to be around. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Will totally join you for all those upcoming videos! Even though I'm not super interested in reading Mark Lawrence at the moment, hearing you talk about an authors strengths and what makes the book good is interesting.
Danny Matson Thank you! I really enjoy Lawrence’s writing, though I can see where people who find Jorg Ancrath too grim of an anti-hero would have a hard time with The Broken Empire Trilogy. As always, I’m grateful that you’re watching!
Congrats! Super happy for you! You deserve it so much! :)
Thank you so much! It would not have been possible without early viewers like you!
Been holding on to this one till I finish the book. I finished it an hour ago. I felt it was better than the Broken Empire books, but I wanted more hints to the world tying together. Maybe in the later books it will.
I really enjoyed Prince of Fools, and I’m going to be reading book 2 fairly soon, possibly the week after next. I enjoyed the cameos from various Broken Empire characters. Part of me wanted even more of them too, but Jalan and Snorri were awesome, and I loved getting to know them. Thanks for watching, and I hope you’ll enjoy The Liar’s Key when you get to it!
Congrats on 1000 subs! Just recently found your channel and I really like your clear and calm style and the enthusiasm you display! Happy to continue my journey into fantasy alongside your channel!
Yorick Thanks so much for the kind words! The best part of this has been interacting with generous people who love fantasy. I’m looking forward to reading your comments!
Congratulations! I'm a relatively new subscriber but very much enjoying your videos so far :)
meru chan Thank you so much! I appreciate your encouragement, and thank you as well for watching and commenting!
Congratulations on 1,000 subs! Really looking forward to reading more from Mark Lawrence, so far I've only read his Impossible Times trilogy which looks very different from any of his others. I've heard great things about the Red Queen's War trilogy, loved to hear your thoughts on the first entry. Will you be picking up the Red Sister/Grey Sister/Holy Sister series in future?
Thanks so much! I have not read Lawrence's Impossible Times Trilogy, so I'd love to hear your thoughts on that. My plan is to finish the Red Queen's War Trilogy and then move on to the Book of the Ancestor Trilogy (Red Sister, etc.). I love Lawrence's writing enough to want to read everything he's published. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Philip Chase Congratulations!!! It’s a well deserved milestone as you put out consistently great videos and I personally love hearing your options!! Additionally, super excited you started reading the red queens war! The last book in that series is my favorite Mark Lawrence book! As for the impossible times trilogy! It’s the best time travel story I’ve ever read (and the only Mark Lawrence book that has made me cry) I really hope you get around to it!! Congratulations again!!!!!!
@@andyxz_8091 Thank you so much! It's very kind of you. That's a big endorsement of Impossible Times from you, so I reckon I will be reading it at some point. I'm very excited to continue with Red Queen's War too. Lawrence is going to be one of my favorite writers for the rest of my days, I'm pretty sure.
I’m seriously enjoying Prince of Thorns Ishtar now. Nearly done with book one and then I’m immediately jumping into book 2. I hadn’t heard of the prince of fools before but I’m excited to see where this universe goes
Joe's Review Journal I love The Broken Empire Trilogy, and so far I’ve found The Red Queen’s War Trilogy really lives up to it. Lawrence is really impressing me. I look forward to your take on Prince of Thorns if you decide to make a video on it!
Philip Chase I’ve started scripting for it already. I hope to have it out soon. I find that a lot of people are divided on it and for some good reasons but I find Jorg to be a brilliant character. He is flawed, dark, brooding, harsh but determined. I’m excited to be finishing the final 90 pages or so tomorrow.
Joe's Review Journal Awesome!
I flew through this book. I love the dynamic (so far) between Jalan and Snorri. Can't wait to read the rest. I can see Mark Lawrence becoming a favourite of mine.
The relationship between Jalan and Snorri is the best! Enjoy!
Cool beans. Added it to my goodreads tbr. My enormously large tbr section LOL but it sounds good.
I know what you mean about the TBR! Both Broken Empire and Red Queen’s War have deeply impressed me. I hope to read everything by Lawrence eventually.
You deserves more subscribes ..Really cool book reviewer
MD. Moniruzzman Thank you! I appreciate the words of encouragement!
I saw Daniel Greene’s video on this book and have been interested ever since. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to get to it yet. I’m on the last book of Wheel of Time so when I finish that I’ll be able to focus on other stuff. Congrats on 1k!
The Serpent Thank you very much! It’s really been a pleasure engaging with viewers like you. Congratulations to you for being nearly done with WoT! That’s a wonderful series to have under your belt.
Philip Chase thanks. It’s been great engaging with you as well
I hope you like the ending of the wheel of time. For me it was a 2 year journey.
Ashwin Avadhani thanks! Book 14 has been excellent so far
And I forgot to mention, great review! Makes me want to check out this book now! I still won't try Broken Empire, but maybe I'll give the Red Queen's War trilogy a whirl, now!
Thank you! I’d love to hear your thoughts if you do give Prince of Fools a try.
and you are over 10k subs now ^_^ awesome!!!
Thank you, Vic!
Finally picked up 'Wheel of Osheim' so I can tear into this trilogy.
Still not sure if I want to re-read 'Broken Empire' before going in.
Slowly Red You could always read a summary of each book of The Broken Empire if you’re not quite ready for a reread. Either way, Red Queen’s War so far looks like an amazing follow up. Happy reading!
Congratulations !
Thank you so much!
I devoured prince of fools in a few days, waiting for the second book to arrive!!
It’s a fantastic trilogy. The second book is longer and goes in directions I never expected, and the third is a brilliant ending. Jalan and Snorri make one of the best pairs in the genre.
@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy I found myself laughing out loud at their conversations and yeah I definitely agree. great writing by Mark Lawrence with these two characters! I keep hearing the broken empire trilogy wasn't that good compared to this one because of how dark Jorg is, should I give it a chance?
@@jonny123596 I loved Broken Empire, but there’s no doubt it’s darker. It’s a challenging but brilliant trilogy. I recommend giving it a shot. If you do, I hope you’ll get a lot from it.
You remind me so much of Steven Erikson lol :-)
J Shroud Ha ha! I think I have more hair, but in most respects I’d love to be like Steven Erikson. Cool compliment!
@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy lmao
This is apt. I am reading Deadhouse Gates atm. :)
Fighting Irish I’ll be reading Deadhouse Gates again later this year or early next. Can’t wait!
@@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy A UA-camr called Mikes book reviews is doing a read along of Malazan next year, you might want to consider taking part.