Killing Them Awfully

The Good Guys, Book 11

By: Eric Ugland

Narrated by: Neil Hellegers

He's tried to ignore them for too long.

But the long-simmering conflict between Montana's holding at Coggeshall and the Night Goblins who also occupy the valley is about to boil over.

Usually, goblins aren't anything to write home about: an enemy without much size, intellect, or weaponry. But these goblins? Well, that's just not the case.

These are goblins with limitless resources, never-before-seen tactics, and horrifying monsters at their disposal. Worst of all, they don't fear death in the slightest.

They just might force a good guy to become what he has always struggled to defeat.

Killing Them Awfully is chaotic warfare, nonstop battles, and more monsters with digestive issues than totally necessary. Ready? Let's go to war!

©2021 Eric Ugland (P)2021 Tantor

Step in the Right Direction

I am not a fan of Montana's stagnant, backsliding characterization. Especially in the prior book, Eat, Pray, Love, which was the pinnacle of aggravation. This story is much better on demonstrating Montana's growth with none of the typical pitfalls from the previous works. Montana takes many good steps to not being unnecessarily dense. He has a long way to go, but he is admitting his lack of knowledge and actually uses the good advice he gets...eventually.

As for the story itself, it's fine. I was entertained and it was nice to experience the development of the side characters. However, the summarized plot doesn't occur until over a third of the way into book, which has been a trending issue for the last few books. Ultimately, anyone who decides to make it past book 10 will be rewarded with an overall improvement in book 11.

Neil Hellegers provides another excellent performance. Never any complaints with him

There's a Lot of Pain in This One

This book did not go the way I expected it to. Based on the book blurb and what I know of Montana from the other ten books, I expected him to charge off into goblin land and start killing Night Goblins from nearly the first chapter to the last. In all fairness, that is what Montana wanted to do too, but he is convinced that that would be irresponsible of him. So, he holds back and tries to intelligently bolster his defenses and he loses and loses and loses. It’s not that he doesn’t win individual fights. Montana is good at that. But the Night Goblins are waging a horrific and merciless war on his duchy and it frankly became painful to read as everything that has been built over the previous ten books is torn down, trampled, and killed. This is a very good addition of the series, but it didn’t leave me feeling pumped up and happy. There is a lot of genuine pain in this one.

Fantastic

I will never get "I CHOOSE YOU BIG FUCK OFF MONSTER" out of my head. so goox

Phew

Been with you for awhile now with the good guys series. Definitely one of my favorites.

Meh

Least favorite story progression of the series so far, still enjoyable though. Look forward to seeing what happens next