David Scrimshaw's review of How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying

David Scrimshaw reviewed How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler

Django Wexler: How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying (2024, Orbit)

Groundhog Day meets Deadpool in Django Wexler’s raunchy, hilarious, blood-splattered fantasy tale about a young …

A totally fun fantasy romp

5 stars

Content warning I don't think it's really much of a spoiler.

This was exactly the fun read I needed.

I am very glad that I had the hard copy version to read because there are excellent footnotes on most pages and they can be a pain when I'm reading on my phone.

Among the bonuses for me, at one point the narrator directly addresses the readers and says "Okay, listen up: F*** you. Yes, you, Dave. If your name isn't Dave, pretend I wrote your name." And I didn't have to pretend! Sure my name was the most popular name for boys in the 60s and 70s, but it's gotten to be a bit rare.

The other bonus [possible spoiler alert] I've been watching a lot of Taskmaster these days. Without giving away too much, I speculate that Django Wexler has also been watching a lot of it.