Review: Asterix and Caesar's Gift

Asterix and Caesar's Gift by René Goscinny
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

It is time for the soldiers of Rome, who have served her well, and completed 20 years in service, to be honorably discharged, with plots of land corresponding to their service. On this occasion, Caeser himself decides to grant a special gift to the Legionary Tremensdelirious, who had in a drunk disorderly rank insulted the dictator.

He was given a fertile patch of land, right next to the sea, with lush vegetation and chances of good business prospect. A plot of land, which unfortunately happens to be the same village of superpowered Gaul which Rome has been trying to conquer for a while. A land which Caesar has no stake in, and has no business giving away to someone. That precisely being the point.

Through another night of drinking, Tremensdelirious pawns away the marble plaque with Caesar's edict and the deed of land ownership, to the hapless innkeeper 'Orthopaedix', who unbeknownst to the reality on ground, travels to Armorica to inherit their new plot of land.

One has to wonder what chance a poor innkeeper has when entire roman legions have failed. There is the point, and this leads to a bunch of potion less chaotic shenanigans, as Orthopaedix inadvertently finds himself campaigning for position of chief against Vitalstatistix. The roman soldiers, are also mixed in there somewhere, their ultimate fate to be the poor punching bags to the Gauls.

Not much satirical humor for this iteration, as the jokes are mostly focused on the hijinks that the chief election kicks up. But a fun ride nonetheless, and I give it a cautious 4 out of 5

Lean pickings for puns this chapter around

Tremensdelirious
Egganlettus
Influenza
Orthopaedix



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