Fight Me

De: Austin Grossman

Narrado por: Adam Sims

Brought to you by Penguin.

THE THRILLING, ACERBIC AND HILARIOUS NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OF SOON I WILL BE INVINCIBLE
Middle-aged English professor Dr Rick Tower has a secret.

As a teen he was Prodigy – a kickass superhero.
He was given and wielded mysterious powers.

And as part of a superteam, he beat up bad guys.
They were gods – worshipped and feared.

Naturally, the government shut them down.

Now Rick’s in hiding, supposedly living a normal life.
Promising to never use his powers again.

Forgotten. Washed up. A no one.

Until the summons puts the gang back together –
to solve a disappearance from their past.

For superbeings, it should be easy.

But when have gods ever followed orders . . .
'The Avengers meets The Breakfast Club… wry and engaging' James Swallow, Sunday Times bestselling author of Nomad
'A spiky, fierce, erudite riff on the wonderful world of silver age superheroes' Charles Stross, bestselling author of The Atrocity Archives
'Hugely enjoyable… kept me up till 3am' Conn Iggulden, Sunday Times bestselling author of Lion

‘Combining a coming-of-age story with costume thrills . . . it has sly, smart things to say’ Herald
'Fight Me embraces the fun of the genre, while treating its battle-weary characters with heart and empathy. A noir-tinged Big Chill for the superhero set' Bob Proehl, author of The Nobody People
‘A treasure that manages to be sad, funny, and hilariously fun at all once. A thrilling adventure but also a searing, intimate look at what it would really cost to have such incredible power, and yet still be human’ Peng Shepherd, bestselling author of The Cartographers

'There is a vibrancy to the writing, and a beating heart, reminiscent of my favourite coming-of-age novels' Nick Cutter

'A sucker-punch of sheer delight, and couldn't be happier to be on the receiving end' Adam Christopher

©2024 Austin Grossman (P)2024 Penguin Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

A spiky, fierce, erudite riff on the wonderful world of silver age superheroes (Charles Stross, bestselling author of The Atrocity Archives)

Hugely enjoyable. It kept me up till 3am (Conn Iggulden, Sunday Times bestselling author of Lion)

The Avengers meets The Breakfast Club in this wry and engaging superhero drama (James Swallow, Sunday Times bestselling author of Nomad)

A treasure that manages to be sad, funny, and hilariously fun at all once. A thrilling adventure but also a searing, intimate look at what it would really cost to have such incredible power, and yet still be human (Peng Shepherd, bestselling author of The Cartographers)

Fight Me embraces the fun of the genre, while treating its battle-weary characters with heart and empathy. A noir-tinged Big Chill for the superhero set (Bob Proehl, author of The Nobody People)

Grossman's novel of wealth, power, fraught loves and friendships flexes epic muscles beneath its superhero costume (D.B. Weiss, co-creator of Game of Thrones)

A sucker-punch of sheer delight, and I couldn’t be happier to be on the receiving end (Adam Christopher, New York Times bestselling Author of Seven Wonders)

There is a vibrancy to the writing, and a beating heart, reminiscent of my favourite coming-of-age novels (Nick Cutter, author of The Deep)

Combining a coming-of-age story with costume thrills … it has sly, smart things to say

A superhero story unlike any I’ve read before … this is definitely worth checking out

Great narration

It was good although a little hard to follow at times as it is written in a staggered timeline bouncing from when the characters were teens to adults. I had to re listen to parts to figure out the timeline. I liked it, but not nearly as much as “Soon I will be invincible”

Unreliable narrator & time machines

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed Grossman’s prior works. This one opens like “invincible” and then concludes more like “you”. It’s just not hitting for me as well as the others did, the protagonist is ultimately unlikeable and the ambiguity- of pretty much everything - leaves me unsatisfied by the ending. I guess that’s life, but it’s not what I look for in a novel usually. I will continue to read this author however.
Narrator is ok. His odd pronunciation of the word “hover” really takes me out of the story.

Very fun follow-up to Grossman’s first superhero novel - a page turner with compelling characters

Very creative story about some unlikely superheroes/villains that any fan of Soon I Will Be Invincible — though no need to read that book first.

Great story; literature that happens to use superheros as a backdrop

Alot of action is mentioned and not shown, characters seem to be the only focus of the book.

Performance and story

I loved the book right up to the very end, where almost nothing is resolved. it becomes just some lengthy allegory.