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The Butcher's Masquerade
Matt Dinniman
2022 · 768 pages · Fantasy
How it reads
The Butcher's Masquerade is fantasy (litrpg, specifically), and its dominant mood is adventurous. It's driven by momentum, discovery and getting into trouble. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.
It's set in an invented world, in no single period, told in the third person across several viewpoints. Its central concerns are survival, secrets and war. In weight it's light and escapist — easy to fall into.
It's a later book in a series — you'll usually want to start earlier. It ends on a cliffhanger, so have the next book ready. At 768 pages it's a real commitment. It's a hidden gem — known to relatively few readers.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something adventurous
- you want a book that pulls you through
- you want an escape
Maybe not if…
- you need something cosy or melancholy
- you want dense, lingering prose
- you hate waiting for a sequel
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- fantasy
- Author gender
- male
- Author experience
- early career
- Setting: place
- fictional world
- Setting: time
- timeless or multiple
- Mood / feeling
- adventurous
- Pace
- fast paced
- Tone / weight
- light and escapist
- Length
- long
- Narrative style
- third person, several viewpoints
- Publication era
- new release
- Popularity
- hidden gem
- Series vs standalone
- later in a series
- Ending style
- cliffhanger
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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