• The Vexed Generation

  • Magic 2.0, Book 6
  • By: Scott Meyer
  • Narrated by: Luke Daniels
  • Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (6,917 ratings)

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By: Scott Meyer
Narrated by: Luke Daniels
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In the latest rollicking adventure in the Magic 2.0 series, it’s time for the teenagers to show the adults how wizardry really works.

Mattie and Brewster are normal, typical 16-year-old twins who live with their normal, boring parents: Martin and Gwen Banks. Normal and boring, that is, until the day their father's best friend shows up at their house - dressed in what appears to be a bathrobe.

The next thing Mattie and Brewster know, their parents are frozen like human statues in their living room, the guy in the bathrobe has vanished, and they need to find answers - fast.

The twins set off on a quest to discover the truth of their parents' lives. Along the way they find secrets, lies, magic, time travel, strange new friends, stranger new enemies, and a really weird dirigible (which, they're told repeatedly, is not a blimp). It is a twisted and bizarre trail that, they hope, will lead them to the man they blame for their parents' peril:

Phillip.

©2019 Scott Meyer (P)2019 Audible Originals, LLC.

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More insertion of political ideology in a novel

Its like the author cant help himself.
He very clearly leans left politically & that's fine, but when a book about time travelling wizards keeps making references to how evil Republicans are, Donald Trump & other sets of ideas considered "wrong speak" by modern progressive Democrats ..it becomes very tiring to the point of predictability.
Similarly all female characters are daring, smart, attractive bastions of logic, while the male characters are harmless, invariably bumbling idiots that cower at their wrath.
This is supposed to be a novel, not a political raly. Leave that shit at home man.

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Meyer brings the series back from the edge

Man am I glad I enjoyed this book. I love the series and this book was make or break for me. This is not the best in the series, but I laughed and was entertained. Meyer quickly addresses the time travel issue that was getting cumbersome and drops the deep morale dilemmas that weighed down the last 2 books, The funniest part was when Meyer toyed with some near 4th wall breaks with nods to the critiques of the 4th book in the series and addressing politics in today's charged climate. While a fun read, fans of the series should be ready for a slightly different feel. The characters we know take a back seat to the twins for the majority of story, but is familiar enough (especially the last few chapters) for fans of the series to feel comfortable.
My only critique of the book is it borrows heavily from the plot of the book 1, just swapping out the protagonist and villain. This book feels like a palette cleanser for author and audience. Meyer seems to purposely not take any chances in this book and fall back to something he knows is going to work, so I had to give the story a 4 out of 5, but if Meyer needed a bit of a crutch to get this series back on track, I'll gladly take it.

TLDR: This book is good, not great. Gives hope the series can return to living up to the first 3 books.

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I have most of his audio books.

Uninspired. Write me a story, If I wanted more political pap I would watch news.

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Bad

Just plain bad story writing.

The characters are increasing dumb and one dimensional. Honestly they have unlimited resources and time, yet they have not progressed at anything at all.

The story is forced along a path so badly that it immediately pulls you out of any immersion. There are pointless ineffectual conversation/trips to try and get a one sentence point across. The bad guys are your typical “I want to rule the wold for no real reason” cliche. And the set ups to allow the kids to save the day unimaginative.

The action scenes are boring, slow, and contain far too much talking back and forth. They are so predictable that you can might as well skip right on by.

The author tries to point fun at or maybe acknowledge criticism from previous books, but doesn’t actually try to improve his writing.

Britt is still probably the most evil... or at least horrible person in the series, yet everyone loves her and never calls her out on her BS. She literally uses time travel to steal credit for others coding breakthroughs (it’s okay she credits them on a tiny out of the way plaque while telling people she did it all herself), prop herself up as an all knowing guru, gets herself a government job to waste taxpayer money on her personal whims, use her power to torment those below her, and rewrites her own memory to block out her own failures while pinning the blame on Philip.

Might been an actual good story to finally make her the villain and have some lasting sacrifices after taking her down. Don’t think that will ever happen. I’m sure the next book will have another petty dumb villain beat up the “heroes” till he pulls a cliche villain mistake and is taken down.

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Why make it Political?!

I was excited to finish the series I started listening too a long time ago. Every book has been entertaining so far. this one started off well, but got political fast. If I wanted the liberal agenda shoved down my throat I'd watch CNN.

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This series is just not the same

Seems like the author has lost his way after book 3. This latest installment is really simple and not very funny. The women characters continue to be annoying and the men simpletons. I think I’m done with the series over all.

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could have been so good

the not so subtle political digs in the story were a major disappointment. I look to these types of books as an escape. Put a warning label on your rants. i.e. "Please skip the next chapter if you are reading this book strictly for enjoyment" SERIOUSLY!

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Sad death of a one great series

I loved the first three books and quickly bought the others to my disappointment. This one in particular is a mediocre story by a leftist blandly insulting people that don’t agree with his views. I came for a fantasy story, not a whiny tirade about orange man bad. Also, it’s humorous that he insults Ayn Rand being that her books are influential and thought provoking, and his are to kill time while I drive.

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Frustrating!

This series has been a mixed bag since book 3.
I’m sad the author has taken to interjecting politics into his book, and even though it wasn’t overly done, it’s there enough to definitely stick out.
Also, Martin is the best character, in this volume (again), he takes a backseat. Every scene his character is in is just better. Let’s have another book centered around him. Also more Jimmy and the side characters like Roy, Jeff, etc. That is what made the early books so entertaining!
Luke Daniels legitimately SAVES this series time and again. He is so good that he makes up for the bad characters (the Brit’s) and scenes.

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To the author, I don't care about your politic's.

I listen to audio books for entertainment, not for someone's political opinion about our countries leadership. I don't care what your opinion is. If I wanted to listen to a political debate I would have bought a political book. This is the last time I will ever get a book by Scott Meyer again.

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