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John Scalzi

4.12 AVERAGE

laura_ray's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

adelareads's review against another edition

4.0

I didn't know sci-fi can be this much fun!

I loved almost everything about this book, especially the animals: cats and dolphins. I mean the talking cats were amusing and quite serious, but the dolphins, omg were they the definition of multinational corporations employees with their sick-of-this-bs attitudes. Favorite scenes were with them talking back to Charlie

jeffburns's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Starter Villain. John Scalzi. Tor Books, 2023. 272 pages.

After reading the book about the Leopold and Loeb case, we needed a palate cleanser, so to speak. Someone on my Facebook timeline happened to mention Starter Villain, and the cover naturally piqued my interest. I downloaded the audiobook because we were starting a long drive. One of the greatest recommendations ever! I can't think of a single reader I know who wouldn't enjoy this book.

Charlie Fitzer is a divorced former business reporter who moved in with his ailing father to help out. Following his father's death, he continues to live in the family home and barely makes a living as a substitute teacher. Then, his very wealthy uncle, with whom he's had no contact since age 5, dies. Charlie is shocked to learn that his uncle left him the family business, but not just the nationwide parking garage properties that he controlled. It turns out that Uncle Jake was an international supervillain, one of a league of supervillain oligarchs, along the lines of the great James Bond villains with a strong flavor of Dr. Evil. Charlie even gets his own volcano island secret lair, complete with satellite-destroying lasers and all sorts of technological gadgets. But wait, there's more! He also gets talking dolphins who make Don Rickles seem like Mr. Nice Guy and super-intelligent spy cats who dabble in real estate on the side.

This book was one of the funniest and most creative books I've ever read. And the audiobook is read by Will Wheaton who does a fantastic job, one of my favorite audiobook narrations ever. He has the perfect smarta$$ attitude for the job.