Summary
THE FOOLS WILL THINK IT’S DESTINY seems like the sort of story you’ve read before. A bookish young girl finds herself in a strange world, and is soon caught between warring lords in a play for a throne that empires envy. Her seemingly random presence begins to smell more and more like destiny. The salvation of a broken kingdom may rest on her thin shoulders. But the narrator is laughing at her. The narrator knows better. The narrator has her just where he wants her.
- Adult science fiction
- 130K words
- First book in the Playwright trilogy
- Tropes include: coming of age, ordinary-kid-is-special, unreliable narrator, lost royalty, child genius, con artistry, secret organizations
- Influences include: Ender’s Game, Dune, The Goose Girl, Inkheart
Content Warnings / Parental Ratings
This is an adult book, though it shares young adult themes, and I would loosely give it a PG-13 rating. I’ll keep details vague to prevent spoilers.
Violence
There is violence, including by and against women and children. There’s a suicide. However, blood and guts are minimal.
Language
Curse words are in a fictional language and hardly count as such. Minor racially-charged terms (e.g., mongrel), but no actual slurs.
Sexual Content
Nothing happens on the page and nothing explicit is discussed. There are allusions to a secret affair and to child-bearing.
Drug and Alcohol Use
Plenty. But none of it is portrayed positively.