Joerg hat Starter Villain von John Scalzi besprochen
Expository dialogue - the novel
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Expository dialogue for most of the book. Some truly funny bits though.
Sprache: English
Am 21. September 2023 von Pan Macmillan veröffentlicht.
Starter Villain
von John Scalzi
John Scalzi: Starter Villain (2023, Pan Macmillan)
- ISBN:
- 978-1-5290-8295-1
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Inheriting your mysterious uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might imagine.
Sure, there are the things you'd expect. The undersea volcano lairs. The minions. The plots to take over the world. The international networks of rivals who want you dead.
Much harder to get used to...are the the sentient, language-using, computer-savvy cats.
And the fact that in the overall organization, they're management...
bigethan@sfba.club hat Starter Villain von John Scalzi besprochen
I really wanted to like this book
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I mean, the blurb is amazing! But the plot lacks any nuance or tension whatsoever. I like fun shallow books, but this reads like a swear-y version of a Bond-like for 8 year olds.
Dah DJM hat Starter Villain von John Scalzi besprochen
If you love cats...
4 Sterne
I discoved Scalzi with this book. Liked the humor and many fun ideas...
Ian Brown hat Starter Villain von John Scalzi besprochen
Cat GIF goes here.
5 Sterne
Another genre-bending romp from @scalzi@mastodon.social. Fast and fun, this book was a great bit of mental floss to kick off another year of reading. As always Scalzi delivers laugh-out-loud lines with clever dialog and banter. Pick up a copy at your local bookstore or at the nearest public library ASAP.
DigitalRob@ramblingreaders.org hat Starter Villain von John Scalzi besprochen
If you read one book this year, make it this one... great fun!
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As I listened to this on my morning walks, I was caught cackling with laughter several times by my fellow neighborhood walkers. I’m pretty sure they wonder about me now. My sister and I also exchanged texts with some of the funniest lines.
Chapter four is the funniest funeral ever. Anyone receiving flowers and a vase with “Suck MFer,” can’t be all bad… right?!?!
Then there are the dolphins. Totally hard core, and death by “mass dolphin gender identification,” sounds pretty horrible.
The Pitch and Pitch, was also super fun. “Tetsticles as a service.” Bwahahaha!
The book didn’t end the way I expected. I kind of wanted an ending with a “to be continued…” motif, but one-shot books are great too. No worries about setting up another plot, so the ending is clean.
Charlie and Matti are great. I was pleased with how that relationship went. I was worried for …
As I listened to this on my morning walks, I was caught cackling with laughter several times by my fellow neighborhood walkers. I’m pretty sure they wonder about me now. My sister and I also exchanged texts with some of the funniest lines.
Chapter four is the funniest funeral ever. Anyone receiving flowers and a vase with “Suck MFer,” can’t be all bad… right?!?!
Then there are the dolphins. Totally hard core, and death by “mass dolphin gender identification,” sounds pretty horrible.
The Pitch and Pitch, was also super fun. “Tetsticles as a service.” Bwahahaha!
The book didn’t end the way I expected. I kind of wanted an ending with a “to be continued…” motif, but one-shot books are great too. No worries about setting up another plot, so the ending is clean.
Charlie and Matti are great. I was pleased with how that relationship went. I was worried for a while that it would become a cliche. I also like that as a former business reporter, Charlie has some chops in dealing with the other villains. Then there is Hera. She might be my favorite: “Dogs are the worst. They’ll sell you out for a treat and a head pat.” She is not wrong.