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Wil Wheaton
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John Scalzi
Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place.
Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan.
Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie.
But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits. Jake had enemies, and now they're coming after Charlie. His uncle might have been a stand-up, old-fashioned kind of villain, but these are the real thing: rich, soulless predators backed by multinational corporations and venture capital.
It's up to Charlie to win the war his uncle started against a league of supervillains. But with unionized dolphins, hyperintelligent talking spy cats, and a terrifying henchperson at his side, going bad is starting to look pretty good.
In a dog-eat-dog world...be a cat.
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Starter Villain
- By: John Scalzi
- Narrated by: Wil Wheaton
- Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins
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Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits.
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Volcanic Lairs, Death Rays & Cats… Oh My! 😼
- By C. White on 09-19-23
I, for one, welcome our feline overlords
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A Toxoplasmosis-Induced Fairy Tale
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Wil Wheaton’s narration lacks a bit. He gets very squeaky when excited, and it can be hard to tell who’s talking (his character voices aren’t terribly distinct, which is ok, but he changes it up just enough and then switches around so it’s not always clear).
Great story. Meh narration.
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Sort of a content warning: It’s an odd book because the villains, who one might expect to perpetrate death & destruction, don’t really do so when one would expect. There is still death & destruction (& much dolphin swearing) but I didn’t find most of it particularly problematic or upsetting. I was more concerned that the main character didn’t seem to know how to make friends & resented his job. But given the poor pay of US teachers, and worse conditions for subs, I am sympathetic. But a guy who is kind to stray cats should have more friends & that’s my biggest quibble with the story, not the occasional violence.
Worldbuilding: fantastical secret lair & talking animals worked for me. It’s Glass Onion meets the Incredibles. Subscriptions are one of the purest evils, at least the way they are now.
Narration: Lively and entertaining. I didn’t agree with all choices for tone, but overall a pleasant listen. if you like Wheaton generally you’ll like it.
Satisfying , with cats
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Story is engaging. Narrator get too over-the-top
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Lives up to the hilarious premise
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The cats!
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More
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Enjoyable read
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Fun and simple
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So funny and entertaining!!
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