A review by multilingual_s
Starter Villain by John Scalzi

adventurous funny relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

It really helped that I didn't know the plot of the story before I started reading because this way I could be surprised by it. It reminded me a bit of Douglas Adams: hapless idiot gets embroiled in silly plot, there is lots of double crossing and absurdity but in the end everything turns out alright. Sometimes hard to follow and definetly not all that believable, but funny enough to make up for it. The only thing that nagged me was the constant digs at substitute teachers. They performe an important service! Why is it that this is the soul crushing going nowhere job the hapless protagonist has to leave?