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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
honestly liked the ending, bit of a cliffhanger, excited for the next one!
this series started off very enjoyable but ended horribly. I feel like they assassinated the main characters in this one making them completely unlikeable. I recommend only reading the first three books of this series and then stopping.
Not my favorite of the series. Convoluted storyline and not as interesting as the others.
Audiobook still has the best narrator though!
Audiobook still has the best narrator though!
This is really a 2.5 star book, but I'm being generous and rounding up. I like Scott Meyer's silly stories. They're generally entertaining and good for listening to (I generally go for audio with his books) while running errands. But this one dragged on a bit more than usual and didn't really seem like it had the usual cleverness his stories tend to have that makes them compelling.
I liked this book, I'm totally sold on the characters! Only reason it didn't get a 5 from me is because there were some parts that felt more confusing than they needed to be. Great entertainment and light humor. Perfect series to listen to while in a pandemic!
WOW, Brit is just awful. The glitch is her fault, but rather than own up to her own mistake, the result of convoluting the timeline WAY more than anyone else, she chooses to place all the blame on Phillip, for some asinine reason. She's basically the worst, and I'm hoping to see less of her in the future.
A funny and enjoyable light read, like all the titles in the series. A bit of a return to form after the missteps of book 4. What happened to Philip at the end was a bit of a bummer, sure, but IMO that part of the story really was about Brit and her issues and not about Philip. Surprisingly, with this book I think Brit has become the most fully realized character of the group. Gwen deserves similar treatment. If the obvious sequel is written, Scott Meyer is going to have to spend a lot of time realizing Gwen as a character with agency instead of just a 2D prop.
Well written and less repetitive than previous books. But more serious and sad at parts. This was disappointing because I read these books for light fun. Best characterization of conflict of the series, but left me feeling sad.
Once again loved the story. This series always has me pondering where I would take the story and what I would do with those "powers"
What it's about: Continuing a thread from the previous book, Brit the Elder begins to investigate how it's possible that Brit the Younger had a different experience than the Elder remembers having. Soon, Brit the Elder finds things are worse than she thought - she is starting to glitch, with parts of her body shifting from their normal appearance to blocky, low-resolution versions. And it seems to be spreading.
Meanwhile, Martin has noticed that someone seems to be attacking Philip in very ineffective ways. But no one will believe Martin - nor will anyone help him figure out who it is, or why. So Martin sets off to solve the mystery on his own, since he has plenty of time on his hands - he and Gwen are in the midst of a major fight after Martin didn't quite propose to her.
And in the present, agents Miller and Murphy continue their stake-out of Jimmy Sadler, who continues to torment them on a daily basis.
As these three threads slowly weave together, the wizards find themselves coming into conflict with folks they never would have imagined.
What I thought: In this installment, Meyer leans more heavily into the time travel aspects of the world he's created than in previous books.
There are multiple copies of all of the characters at different points in this story. That's kind of fun, but it gets a little tiring to have Meyer continue to invoke the same rule over and over - "Why is this happening? Because it happened. Why can't we change it? Because that's the way it happened."
I haven't been a fan of this logic since it was introduced in the second book, but Meyer managed to leave some room for potential loopholes, thanks to Philip's refusal to accept that we are fated to live a certain way. This book seems to lend credence to Philip's point, only to then completely smash that point to pieces and establish pretty definitively that all the characters are living out pre-programmed sequences of cause and effect.
Although I didn't like that aspect of the story, it was the repetition of the point over and over again in this book that really just soured me on it. Also, Brit and Philip find themselves at a tough spot, and Philip ends up coming out of things for the worser, which is not enjoyable.
Why I rated it like I did: The storytelling was mostly well done, but this book had a lot less joy in it than the previous books. Phillip has been a good guy, and he gets shafted in this book, which is never enjoyable.
Meanwhile, Martin has noticed that someone seems to be attacking Philip in very ineffective ways. But no one will believe Martin - nor will anyone help him figure out who it is, or why. So Martin sets off to solve the mystery on his own, since he has plenty of time on his hands - he and Gwen are in the midst of a major fight after Martin didn't quite propose to her.
And in the present, agents Miller and Murphy continue their stake-out of Jimmy Sadler, who continues to torment them on a daily basis.
As these three threads slowly weave together, the wizards find themselves coming into conflict with folks they never would have imagined.
What I thought: In this installment, Meyer leans more heavily into the time travel aspects of the world he's created than in previous books.
There are multiple copies of all of the characters at different points in this story. That's kind of fun, but it gets a little tiring to have Meyer continue to invoke the same rule over and over - "Why is this happening? Because it happened. Why can't we change it? Because that's the way it happened."
I haven't been a fan of this logic since it was introduced in the second book, but Meyer managed to leave some room for potential loopholes, thanks to Philip's refusal to accept that we are fated to live a certain way. This book seems to lend credence to Philip's point, only to then completely smash that point to pieces and establish pretty definitively that all the characters are living out pre-programmed sequences of cause and effect.
Although I didn't like that aspect of the story, it was the repetition of the point over and over again in this book that really just soured me on it. Also, Brit and Philip find themselves at a tough spot, and Philip ends up coming out of things for the worser, which is not enjoyable.
Why I rated it like I did: The storytelling was mostly well done, but this book had a lot less joy in it than the previous books. Phillip has been a good guy, and he gets shafted in this book, which is never enjoyable.