by Addison
Recommended by John Scalzi
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A half-goblin raised in exile is suddenly crowned when nearer heirs die, and the story settles into his clumsy, earnest learning curve inside a lethal court. Expect long, scene-rich passages of protocol, alliance-reading, and small moral choices as the protagonist grows into responsibility. The book’s strength is the patient attention to how competence and authority are learned; its main limitation is the slow, etiquette-heavy pacing that frustrates readers looking for rapid plot escalation or frequent set-piece action.
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The youngest, halfgoblin son of the Emperor has lived his entire life in exile, distant from the Imperial Court and the deadly intrigue that suffuses it. But when his father and three sons in line for the throne are killed in an "accident," he has no choice but to take his place as the only surviving rightful heir.Entirely unschooled in the art of...
Difficulty:hard
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John Scalzi
“The Goblin Emperor is such a good book, y'all. Go get it and read it, you won't be disappointed.”
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Consider The Republic by Plato. Recommended by 13 sources.
“Plato stages an extended Socratic conversation that moves from concrete questions about justice into broad proposals about an ideal city, the structure of the soul, and what counts as reality and knowledge. Reading alternates brisk question-and-answer snippets with long, cumulative demonstrations that reward careful attention and annotation. Main value: a wealth of thought experiments for testing political and ethical intuitions. Main limitation: repetitive refutations, long policy sketches and dense metaphysical passages can feel abstruse and slow; patience and some philosophical background help.”
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