| Title | : | The Bawdy Bard: A Gutter Sonata (The Bawdy Bard, #1) |
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| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 1990159133 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781990159138 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 122 |
| Publication | : | Published December 15, 2021 |
This guy. The decidedly anonymous bawdy bard is a man who seems to have it more ale and wenches than a hedonistic degenerate knows what to do with. All is well in his world – at least when he rolls into Io’s Breath, a frozen city on the edge of the kingdom of his birth.
When a commission for a fancy new lute leads the bawdy bard into a meeting with the Duke of Io’s Breath, the bard’s silver tongue and carefree attitude gets him selected for the job of a lifetime. In the shadow of an impending war, the foul-mouthed musician must decide whether the lure of position and riches is worth dredging up his past.
As the memories – and identity – of a life he left behind come rushing back, the bard treks across the land to meet his destiny. Is his musical magic strong enough to put diplomatic end to a war before it’s even begun? And what of the battle that rages within? Can our man in fancy tights deal with demons of days gone by with a song and a dance?
Hold on to your floppy feathered hats.
The Bawdy A Gutter Sonata is the first in the Bawdy Bard comedic fantasy series. If you like dirty humour, potent magic, and strong flatulence, you'll love Andrew Marc Rowe's obscenely fascinating adventure.
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The Bawdy Bard: A Gutter Sonata (The Bawdy Bard, #1) Reviews
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Entertaining in places, but does not have any structure, ending, or closure. The final pages aren't even a cliffhanger; it's more like, nothing happens, and no resolution is gained. No idea what the author was thinking.
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THE BAWDY BARD is a fantastic book about a fascinating and well-written character. The Bard is a man who managed to survive the horrific salt mines and reinvented himself from a Kings's Guard into the world's most popular performer. Innkeepers offer him hundreds of gold pieces to perform and he's a devilish rake that takes absolutely nothing seriously.
However, he can't run away from his past forever and he is given a mission that offers a chance at real stability with land as a reward. Unfortunately, that requires him to head back to the city where his name is blackened with a disgusting crime and all of his past awaits him.
I really enjoyed this novel as a character piece as the Bard is a fantastic character. Lewd but never crude with a sharp wit that he has no problem sharing. -
Some of the scatological humour was intense, but the bard's personal philosophies kept me reading and I have no regrets; I knew what I was getting into. Ultimately, The Bawdy Bard reminded me of The Miller's Tale, but without the consent issues and tricky dialect. It is a good book to pick up if you've been taken yourself too seriously of late and could use an antidote with a side of belly laughs.
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I almost deducted one star from this book, not because of the quality, or if I enjoyed it, but just as an extra warning to those who have not worked around crude humor, or might be offended. But in the end, I enjoyed this one too much to do that. It says something when you go in to work an extra day, there isn't much to do, but you can't go home, so you read a book in a day, and you have a great laugh. That is what the Bawdy Bard supplied me.
John Delphi (better to call him the Bard if you don't want to feel indignant after) is an unapologetic scoundrel in an ultimate sense of the word, and you'll love him for it. I enjoyed the way he clashes with the clergy of the era, the prudish 'god-fearing' people of that era, and particularly the message he carries: "lighten up about life. laugh, love, and go for that dream you left behind'. The rhythm of Mr. Rowe's book makes me think of the overall structure of well-done stand up comedies, where you get circumstantial humor, but also heartfelt messages woven into its tapestry.
If you're looking for a quick read, a good laugh, and shameless humor, get your mind in this gutter! Check it out! -
3.75/5
This was better than I expected! Based on the author’s note I thought the humor wasn’t going to work for me, but apart from a particular scene that was EXACTLY the kind of humor I don’t like, it was funny and entertaining. Now, from about 45% to 75% there was a dip in my interest. We start of humorous with an evident plot and occasional discussions on philosophy within character conversations. But in the the middle it’s just philosophical exposition that dragged the story down. We do get back to the plot by the end and the fantastical elements pick up. I’ll say there’s *definitely* a message here. A solid story, but one I won’t be continuing. -
Wild and Wonderful
Bursting with life, and wonderfully iconoclastic. A fantasy reflective of the long repressed idea that a truly free radical can be a catalyst for the freedom of others. Plenty of humour, philosophy that at the least bears examination, and a child's delight in the forbidden and scatological. Also, not a bad story. What's not to like? And I only found one spelling mistake - a record in modern publishing! -
Not what I expected
I expected a medieval fantasy but was delighted to find a goofy farce of a story. I am looking forward to the rest of the series. -
I love the structure and conventions of poetry. I love the flow of words within the confines of the given structure and then I love obliterating the structure and throwing those rules, which were obviously made to be broken, out the window.
I sometimes think limericks were the first foray into breaking rules, not that AABBA, isn’t a structure. It is. It is more in terms of content where we find this defiance of rules.
That brings me to Andrew Marc Rowe’s The Bawdy Bard: A Gutter Sonata. I’m seriously convinced this book should have come with a warning. Wait a second it did come with a warning. I’m guessing this is akin to ... Caution: you’ll laugh so much you’ll hurt yourself.
And I certainly did laugh. Sure there’s raunchy humor but that wasn’t everything.
The bard is for all intent and purpose often mistaken for a mere buffoon and yet meshed in there with his overt crude humor are words denoting wisdom.
In moments verging on awareness of the world beyond the words on the page, using the narrative point of view of the bard, the reader is invited into the layers beneath the layer. And though the story can more than hold its own as an epic limerick, it is this underpinning which makes it shine.
So go on and join Andrew for the laughs but discover there is so much more.
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Uproariously funny, “The Bawdy Bard: A Gutter Sonata” lives up to it’s promise of “… dirty humour, potent magic, and strong flatulence.” In fact, I laughed SO much at the description of a fart, that I wheezed/cried tears of laughter for about ten minutes afterwards.
This is an extremely well written book that hooks you right from the very first page. Andrew Marc Rowe clearly loves his subject matter and that really comes across in the narrative.
The Bard is, indeed, quite bawdy but there is also something incredibly endearing about this character. He exudes a certain je ne sais quoi and there is wisdom beneath the surface of his flashy veneer. While much of the subject matter is lighthearted, The Bard does impart some fantastic lessons about living life and enjoying it to the fullest.
Charming, magical, and downright hilarious, “The Bawdy Bard” is a delightful read that gets a 10/10 from me. I've been recommending it to everyone! -
It was a really fun read, I liked the Bard and the way he viewed life.
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What a fun read! The bard is hilarious. This book isn't for everyone, but I loved it.
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What a fun read! The bard is hilarious. This book isn't for everyone, but I loved it.
