How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying

eBook, 432 pages

English language

Published May 21, 2024 by Orbit.

ISBN:: 978-0-316-39230-3
ISFDB ID:: 3301686
Goodreads:: 198513543

Groundhog Day meets Deadpool in Django Wexler’s raunchy, hilarious, blood-splattered fantasy tale about a young woman who, tired of defending humanity from the Dark Lord, decides to become the Dark Lord herself.

Davi has done this all before. She’s tried to be the hero and take down the all-powerful Dark Lord. A hundred times she’s rallied humanity and made the final charge. But the time loop always gets her in the end. Sometimes she’s killed quickly. Sometimes it takes a while. But she’s been defeated every time.

This time? She’s done being the hero and done being stuck in this endless time loop. If the Dark Lord always wins, then maybe that’s who she needs to be. It’s Davi’s turn to play on the winning side. A humorous western isekai featuring the reincarnation of an antihero female lead.

3 editions

73pctGeek reviewed How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler (duplicate)

Fun, and at times funny, Fantasy Rampage (though there is some romping too)

3 stars

Davi is sick of trying to save the Kingdom, only to fail ad nauseam. So, this time, she’s going to try something different.

A fast, fun fantasy take on isekai stories. Davi is for the most part amusing, but humour is personal, so while I snickered at a good third of her asides, others won’t. Though there are a lot of characters, but all are easily differentiated, and it doesn’t become trying to remember what role they’ve played so far. The story is interesting enough that I’ll be reading the sequel. It’s a self-aware novel that plays with breaking the fourth wall, and I think fans of Lit-RPG style books might enjoy it, even without the endless listing of stats and levelling.

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December 16