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Hounded (Iron Druid Chronicles) (utgåvan 2011)

av Kevin Hearne (Författare)

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Atticus O'Sullivan, the last of the Druids, finds his peaceful life in Arizona shattered by the arrival of an angry Celtic god who wants Atticus's magical sword, forcing Atticus to call upon some unlikely allies for help.
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Titel:Hounded (Iron Druid Chronicles)
Författare:Kevin Hearne (Författare)
Info:Del Rey (2011), 320 pages
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This book made me laugh out loud in sheer delight more than once. A kick-ass Druid, his sidekick wolfhound, witches, werewolves, gods, demons and a retiree sounds like a huge mess, but Mr. Hearne manages to turn it into a fast-paced, very clever series opener.

Although I knew that everything would turn out alright-there's none of the soul-wrenching darkness in some UF, I still loved the ride that it took to get there. The magic worked for me and to anyone who might complain that Atticus had too much power, I'd point out that he's been around for 2000 years, he'd be incompetent if he had less.

The world that Atticus lives in is big enough to handle any number of sequels as well as a spin-off or two for a couple of characters. All in all, it reminded me just how fun UF can be when done right. Not everything has to be doom, gloom and angst.

I loved Atticus O'Sullivan. He has the right amount of snark, cheerfulness and the arrogance of being around for a couple of millennia. I wondered if I could introduce him to Kate Daniels; I think they'd end up great friends.

I enjoyed this book enough to put the writer on my instabuy list, and can't wait for books two and three which will be coming out later this year.

Favorite line: Did she think I was some sort of lame-assed neo-Druid mucking about with holly branches and mistletoe?

How much did I like it? I pre-ordered the next two. ( )
  jazzbird61 | Feb 29, 2024 |
Quite funny. ( )
  zjakkelien | Jan 2, 2024 |
Two things made me crave this book in my hands before its release in late April/early May--first the protagonist, Atticus, sounds like my kind of guy. He's brash, he's sensible and he taunts gods and goddesses like their nothing more than playground bullies. His tactful, but not truly, reverent attitude towards those beings is part of his charm. The second is that the excerpts I've read have made me eager to read more. Normally excerpts from authors I don't know make me interested, but not eagerly anticipating. They tend to be too short so I don't get a good feel for the character.

Not so with Atticus!

Admittedly my other reason was I was eager to see how all the pantheons of deities interacted and most especially the Celtic lore. I was happily ready to read, spot a deity I only cursorily know, look them up and then go back. Hearne didn't make me need those encyclopedias though, he gives a very good accounting of these deities without having Atticus run around playing Exposition Man.

In truth I appreciated the fact that Atticus was neither too modern nor too archaic in his speech and mannerisms. He balanced the line well; he managed to adapt many of the customs he grew up with to modern day and picked up the speech patterns of the modern world well. He was practical where others expected him to be foolish (given his words) or reckless (given his actions). It never got tiring to see when it dawned on people that hey Atticus is a clever one.

On occasion descriptions got to be a bit tedious or redundant--Hearne doesn't need to tell us, every single time, what's going on with Atticus' tattoos. Or that he has to be barefoot to channel his power. I understood--Atticus is on land, thus he's barefoot'ed, thus he's very powerful. I did find the descriptions of his charms, as well as the fact that he bound Iron to his aura, to be fascinating. It took him centuries, of a magical practice of his own devising, which makes me wonder how some of the trial and error steps went.

Other than Atticus I had a definite love for Morrigan--so sly and blunt and arrogant. Oberon, Atticus' faithful irish deerhound companion was a hoot. At one point he wants to be just like Ghengis Khan and demands a horde of french poodles.

Hounded was a joyride. The fight scenes were thrilling, Atticus was a charmer and lest I forget all the mythology...its like mythologist dream come true. The acknowledgment of the various Pantheons have for each other, but also the snide comments they have, had me grinning. ( )
  lexilewords | Dec 28, 2023 |
So this book took me so long to read, and I have absolutely no idea why considering that I really liked this book. It takes place in modern day Arizona (a weird place but whatever) but has a lot of Celtic history embroidered throughout. I've been on an urban fantasy kick, putting historicals to the wayside and this was the perfect book to read during it. I didn't go into it with my usual speculations and actually did not try to guess what happens (which is a bit weird)

Atticus is great, somewhat gentlemanly but also with the knowledge of centuries past. While I feel he is a tad bit overpowered and somewhat perfect it does not bother me as much as I feel like it should. He constantly gets played by the other characters in the book, but it sort of ends up okay in the end. I wish I would have read this back when it first came out as it would have added to the suspense of finale, but it did not take away from the conclusion. I do wonder what the second book would be about, especially if we take into consideration how this book ends. I know there are a couple of minor loose ends that the book didn't wrap up, but I can't see what the overall story would be, given that there are 8 books currently in the series it has to be big. ( )
  latteslipsticklit | Nov 16, 2023 |
Sometimes I come across a novel that should be perfect for me - an interesting premise, a genre I typically love, potentially fascinating characters… it should have the makings of a real winner. And then all that amazing promise fizzles with every turn of the page.

Unfortunately, that’s what happened with HOUNDED. I should have loved it. I wanted to love it. Instead, I was at times bored, annoyed, and frustrated. Not to mention, I rolled my eyes way too often while reading.

The characters were lackluster overall. Atticus is supposed to be several centuries old, but he comes across as seriously clueless about anything that really matters: women, relationships, even religions that aren’t part of his particular pantheon. You’d think anyone who’s lived through a few centuries would learn a thing or two about other people’s cultures. And I quickly got fed up with him wanting to sleep with just about any woman he came across - mostly incredibly powerful Goddesses who apparently have no one better to get it on with than this guy. It’s as though the author took every guy’s Bond fantasy and transferred it to Atticus: magic, women, violence - a frat boy’s perfect read. Plus, Atticus is practically invulnerable, and he knows it. He scoffs in the face of any threat that comes his way, and then when he battles these supposedly super powerful gods and their minions, he takes them out without breaking a sweat.

And let’s talk about the many - many, MANY - deities who kept popping up at every opportunity. They were all one dimensional, self-centered and uninteresting. I mean, these are Gods and Goddesses with entire mythos built up around them, and they were all such bores! I wanted to like Oberon, I really did, but his dialogue exchanges with Atticus were so juvenile they made me roll my eyes pretty far into the back of my head.

I also got super frustrated by the fact that it was so incredibly easy for Atticus and his friends to hide the evidence of massive battles that often took place right in the middle of a city street. How convenient then that no one ever drove, walked, or rode by - and that on the occasion someone noticed something, the problem was easily solved with a literal flick of the wrist and muttering some magical mumbo jumbo.

Maybe I’m simply the wrong audience for this book, but I just couldn’t get into it at all. ( )
  Elizabeth_Cooper | Oct 27, 2023 |
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