Goblin Hero: Jig the Goblin Series, Book 2
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Jig the Goblin is no warrior. Jig is still the scrawny, half-blind runt he was before he survived his adventure with Straum the dragon. But he had emerged from the dragon's lair with one potent gift: the ability to heal various injuries. Given the nature of a goblin, Jig is kept busy healing others because - to put it bluntly - goblins are stupid. The new goblin chief, Kralk, is under the mistaken impression that Jig wants her position as leader. After all, songs have been written about Jig's battles with wizards, a necromancer, a dragon, and such. But all Jig wants is for everyone to forget he survived those things. Those stupid songs are making it hard for him to keep his head down.
When the ogres come to the goblin's lair and request the help of Jig Dragonslayer, Kralk sends a couple of others with Jig. Braf is a goblin warrior. Grell is an elderly goblin who just wants a break from nursery duty. Of course, Jig realizes that both Braf and Grell have orders from Kralk to kill him once he finishes helping the ogres, but Jig would deal with that later. Following the group at a distance is Veka, a fat goblin female who loves magic and wants to become a Hero. With Veka is Slash, a hobgoblin.
Pixies and their young queen have been exiled from their world and are striving to build a hive in this new world. Their queen is everything to the pixies and all they care about is eliminating every possible threat to her safety. The ogres would eventually be defeated, causing the pixies to turn their attentions to wiping out the goblins. Jig has no choice but to somehow beat the invading pixies and anything their fairy magic throws at his small, pitiful group. Jig's biggest problem is that the pixies have brought a little bubble of their world into this one and the god that Jig follows cannot aid whenever Jig enters that bubble-world. So Jig is pretty much on his own. However, unlike most other goblins or hobgoblins, Jig uses his small brain to overcome or evade whatever is trying to kill him at the time. Hopefully that intelligence - or sneakiness or whatever you want to call it - can help him live through the assassins and pixies that are headed his way.
**** FOUR STARS! Jig the Goblin is one of the most reluctant heroes I have ever seen. Having no height or muscle means that Jig has had no choice but to use his head to figure out ways to live through each day. If Jig ever learns who wrote the stupid song about his adventures, Jig would find a way to make the goblin sorry. That song has made it impossible for Jig blend into the background and be forgotten.
Author Jim C. Hines has another winner on his hands with this (second) adventure of Jig's. Almost all readers will be able to connect with Jig's character somehow. Jig may be a goblin runt, but he deals with many of the same problems we (humans) do in our lives: bullies, peer pressure, etc. This time around, Jig is not only trying to keep himself alive, but also to protect all the goblins in the lair. The author seems to be slowly changing the way Jig thinks so that Jig actually considers how his actions could help or harm others. This is definitely NOT how a goblin should think. Yet maybe, just maybe, Jig and his god can change that. I, for one, have become thoroughly ensnared by this goblin runt and am eager to begin the third story of the trilogy. ****
Favorite Quote: Goblins are a grubby, selfish, violent race, but they have their moments.
Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.
When the ogres come to the goblin's lair and request the help of Jig Dragonslayer, Kralk sends a couple of others with Jig. Braf is a goblin warrior. Grell is an elderly goblin who just wants a break from nursery duty. Of course, Jig realizes that both Braf and Grell have orders from Kralk to kill him once he finishes helping the ogres, but Jig would deal with that later. Following the group at a distance is Veka, a fat goblin female who loves magic and wants to become a Hero. With Veka is Slash, a hobgoblin.
Pixies and their young queen have been exiled from their world and are striving to build a hive in this new world. Their queen is everything to the pixies and all they care about is eliminating every possible threat to her safety. The ogres would eventually be defeated, causing the pixies to turn their attentions to wiping out the goblins. Jig has no choice but to somehow beat the invading pixies and anything their fairy magic throws at his small, pitiful group. Jig's biggest problem is that the pixies have brought a little bubble of their world into this one and the god that Jig follows cannot aid whenever Jig enters that bubble-world. So Jig is pretty much on his own. However, unlike most other goblins or hobgoblins, Jig uses his small brain to overcome or evade whatever is trying to kill him at the time. Hopefully that intelligence - or sneakiness or whatever you want to call it - can help him live through the assassins and pixies that are headed his way.
**** FOUR STARS! Jig the Goblin is one of the most reluctant heroes I have ever seen. Having no height or muscle means that Jig has had no choice but to use his head to figure out ways to live through each day. If Jig ever learns who wrote the stupid song about his adventures, Jig would find a way to make the goblin sorry. That song has made it impossible for Jig blend into the background and be forgotten.
Author Jim C. Hines has another winner on his hands with this (second) adventure of Jig's. Almost all readers will be able to connect with Jig's character somehow. Jig may be a goblin runt, but he deals with many of the same problems we (humans) do in our lives: bullies, peer pressure, etc. This time around, Jig is not only trying to keep himself alive, but also to protect all the goblins in the lair. The author seems to be slowly changing the way Jig thinks so that Jig actually considers how his actions could help or harm others. This is definitely NOT how a goblin should think. Yet maybe, just maybe, Jig and his god can change that. I, for one, have become thoroughly ensnared by this goblin runt and am eager to begin the third story of the trilogy. ****
Favorite Quote: Goblins are a grubby, selfish, violent race, but they have their moments.
Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.
By J. J. Colvin
Format:Mass Market Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is adventuring fantasy at its best: capturing all the hilarious ironies found in the strangeness of classic dungeon-crawl environments, with characters that are beautifully familiar from my days as a gamer.
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4.3 out of 5 stars
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great followup to GOBLIN QUEST
8 May 2007
By Raechel Henderson
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Mass Market Paperback
GOBLIN HERO returns to the story of Jig, the runty goblin who got kidnapped by adventurers, killed a Necromancer, defeated a dragon and returned to tell about it. While Jig is useful to his fellow goblins for his healing ability, he's viewed as a threat by the goblin chief. So when an ogre shows up looking for Jig the Dragonslayer to battle a new threat to their mountain home Jig has two choices: go and face somewhat certain death, or stay and face much more certain death at the hands of his deceitful fellows. Going and getting killed will at least free him from having to watch his back, so off Jig goes.
GOBLIN HERO is an enjoyable follow up to GOBLIN QUEST. Hines has managed to create a world and characters that keep the reader guessing. Instead of heroes-with-a-capital-H his characters are just trying to stay alive and (with one exception) have no delusions of grandeur. This is a world where one could as easily be stabbed by one's companions as by the enemy (and friendly-stabbing happens more than once in the novel).
The book takes a lot of stabs at heroism-with-a-capital-H, adventurers in general, notions of fair play, and who someone is and who someone pretends to be. At one point a hobgoblin who has no compunction eating another hobgoblin, goblin or ogre (cannibalism isn't really a matter of ethics in this world as one of survival) complains about adventurers bringing their pets into the mountain only to be killed leaving their pets to fend for themselves.
The real strength of the book, however, is the gradual revealing of each character as more than just your typical fantasy monster. From the amorphous concept of goblin Hines pulls out individuals. They are cowardly and sneaky and backstabbing, to be sure, but they also have interests that involve more than just self-preservation. Over the course of the book the characters grow from roughly sketched stereotypes into finely drawn personalities. And it all takes place through the characters eyes, as they come to realize there's more to each other than meets the eye. It's a delightful realization.
GOBLIN HERO is an enjoyable follow up to GOBLIN QUEST. Hines has managed to create a world and characters that keep the reader guessing. Instead of heroes-with-a-capital-H his characters are just trying to stay alive and (with one exception) have no delusions of grandeur. This is a world where one could as easily be stabbed by one's companions as by the enemy (and friendly-stabbing happens more than once in the novel).
The book takes a lot of stabs at heroism-with-a-capital-H, adventurers in general, notions of fair play, and who someone is and who someone pretends to be. At one point a hobgoblin who has no compunction eating another hobgoblin, goblin or ogre (cannibalism isn't really a matter of ethics in this world as one of survival) complains about adventurers bringing their pets into the mountain only to be killed leaving their pets to fend for themselves.
The real strength of the book, however, is the gradual revealing of each character as more than just your typical fantasy monster. From the amorphous concept of goblin Hines pulls out individuals. They are cowardly and sneaky and backstabbing, to be sure, but they also have interests that involve more than just self-preservation. Over the course of the book the characters grow from roughly sketched stereotypes into finely drawn personalities. And it all takes place through the characters eyes, as they come to realize there's more to each other than meets the eye. It's a delightful realization.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Goblin Fever!
26 Jun 2007
By Kari Gritzan
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Mass Market Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a great sequel to the first book, Goblin Quest, taking us further into the life and adventures of our Goblin hero Jig and his wonderful firespider, Smudge. This time he's joined by some of his goblin family, as well as other denizens of the mountains in which they live. This time, they're fighting against an invading horde of nasty pest-like faeries from another world. Jig continues on his reluctant path of heroism, yet continues to prove what a big hero he is! This is a hugely delightful story, one which young adults and grownups won't be able to put down. Excellent fantasy!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Inventive and Fun
14 July 2008
By Wantz Upon A Time Reviews
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Reviewed by Vicky Burkholder
on 07/13/2008
In shades of The Hobbit, Jig Dragonslayer is once again called upon to save his world, an onerous task when all he wants to do is relax and stay safe. But when ogres are scared, what's a goblin to do? And to add more problems to his already heavy load, his companions are a really, really stupid warrior goblin, an ancient and crippled nursemaid, and a female goblin who thinks she should be a powerful wizard. In this light-hearted, sometimes disgusting tale, Jig must once again fight the powers of evil - in this case, a horde of pesky faeries from another world.
While I didn't care for so much time being spent on Veka, the female wizard-goblin in the first half of the book, this was still an excellent read. The last half was most entertaining and read much faster than the beginning - which still read pretty fast! Even though I haven't read the first two books in the series, I had no trouble figuring out exactly what was going on and who was who. You can believe that when I get the chance, I'm going to read the first two and more from this inventive author.
The characters are fun, well-developed and believable. The plot moves along at a rapid pace and the dialogue and descriptions are witty, and apropos. Don't look for your typical human heroes here - these characters dwell in the realm of fantasy. but that doesn't make their problems less real or less fun - if anything, it's better than if they had been human.
This is a great story and fun for teens and adults alike. If you love a good high fantasy with a twist and a shelf full of humor, definitely pick this one up - and the others while you're at it.
on 07/13/2008
In shades of The Hobbit, Jig Dragonslayer is once again called upon to save his world, an onerous task when all he wants to do is relax and stay safe. But when ogres are scared, what's a goblin to do? And to add more problems to his already heavy load, his companions are a really, really stupid warrior goblin, an ancient and crippled nursemaid, and a female goblin who thinks she should be a powerful wizard. In this light-hearted, sometimes disgusting tale, Jig must once again fight the powers of evil - in this case, a horde of pesky faeries from another world.
While I didn't care for so much time being spent on Veka, the female wizard-goblin in the first half of the book, this was still an excellent read. The last half was most entertaining and read much faster than the beginning - which still read pretty fast! Even though I haven't read the first two books in the series, I had no trouble figuring out exactly what was going on and who was who. You can believe that when I get the chance, I'm going to read the first two and more from this inventive author.
The characters are fun, well-developed and believable. The plot moves along at a rapid pace and the dialogue and descriptions are witty, and apropos. Don't look for your typical human heroes here - these characters dwell in the realm of fantasy. but that doesn't make their problems less real or less fun - if anything, it's better than if they had been human.
This is a great story and fun for teens and adults alike. If you love a good high fantasy with a twist and a shelf full of humor, definitely pick this one up - and the others while you're at it.
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