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The Vexed Generation
- Magic 2.0, Book 6
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 9 hrs and 55 mins
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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.
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- Walker B.
- 09-10-20
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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- The Blood of Jesus saves.
- 02-14-21
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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- Rolando
- 02-16-20
Not very good at all
Boring and the voices grew tiresome. Hopefully this series is dead. The first 3 were good but these last 3 are just bad.
21 people found this helpful
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- Jake
- 12-13-19
It was fine
It was fine, but there is no fear for any of the characters, nothing is ever on the line, and it feels like everyone in the book hates each other. There is little comradery, and it seems that friendship is commonly mistaken as a reason to constantly insult each other throughout the book and it just kinda gets old. Got a bit too political at the end, it was annoying to say the least, I want a good story, if I wanted politics I'd go listen to a podcast.
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- AEK
- 12-04-19
I have most of his audio books.
Uninspired. Write me a story, If I wanted more political pap I would watch news.
43 people found this helpful
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- KHLphoto
- 08-24-21
I was on board this whole time until...
This has been a great story through all the books all up until the unnecessary political rant that went on 3/4 of the way through this book... Makes me kinda wish I didn't spend money on this whole series. It's to bad that these story tellers can't just make a fun lighthearted story with out putting in their 2c.
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- Glen A. Wilson
- 11-17-19
Terrible
I enjoyed the first two books, this series just is gotten worse since. It's a dumb plot that seems just so the author can soapbox their views.
All the possibilities of being time traveling immortal beings with control over reality... and this what we got?
Write real stories, if you want to do an opinion piece, write a newspaper or a blog. This is probably the last book I buy if I don't return it.
17 people found this helpful
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- Virgil
- 06-08-19
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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- Marcus Lee
- 07-22-19
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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- L. Farina
- 08-23-21
A lot of rehash and then grandstanding
This series started off so well. It was humorous and a very cool take on the Simulation hypothesis. Over the past couple of books, it's gotten convoluted and repetitive. This book is less convoluted, but much more repetitive. In fact, a large chunk of it was a direct rehash, or at least a very small amount of additional information.
Then, the climax of the book was just boring and contrived.
Even Luke Daniels, a narrator that I really enjoy seemed to phone it in.
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- brandon alan wyatt
- 06-09-19
A return to standard
Going into this book I was very skeptical. Being a fan of the series from the release of book three I used to look forward to any new addition to Magic 2.0, this all changed after the last book (Out of spite, out of mind) let me feeling dejected and down which my review details.
This book however is as the title suggests a true return to format and standard of the original books. the humour is amazing with some of the series highlights seen through a new lense of the two new main characters. The main story is mainly the start to get things moving and despite not being very impactful overall, does an excellent job of showcasing the new characters as well as the upgraded characters from past books.
This book has renewed my faith in Scott Meyer and I hope he keeps up to this sort of standard going forward as he previous attempt to shoehorn political and social issues felt missplaced and ruined the experience for me and others I had introduced to the series.
This book is a definite listen/read!
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- Welease Wodger
- 06-09-19
a return to form
I have to be honest I love this series but it's definitely been going downhill over the last few books. However this is a perfect redemption and in my opinion it's the best one yet.
Fun story and a return to a character driven plot rather than the "wibbly wobbly timey wimey" storyline of the last book make this a good enjoyable easy listen.
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- Tommo
- 01-13-20
back on form for book six
after not really enjoying book four (dragons) and then finding the ending of book 5 a disappointment (though I may be in a minority there), this book was excellent. well paced, good mix of genuine stakes with action and mystery, very funny in places and overall not too serious. glad the series is on the up again - really pleased for Scott Mayer
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- Steph H
- 07-16-19
loved it
Loving the direction this series is taking. New characters, learning new things, and the old characters that are so well established are just great. Can't wait to see what's next.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-13-19
can't wait to see what comes next
a really entertaining set of books full of geeky references and great uses of powers . fun
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- eire
- 06-19-19
Back on top form! A classic adventure across time
Ok I'll be honest - Off To Be the Wizard had me as a total fan boy from the outset. I keep coming back to it time and time again as it's such an enjoyable and kind-of relatable tale. The Magic 2.0 world of Scott Meyer has crafted fills me with joy. Luke Daniels narration has been nothing short of outstanding and has added layers of depth to the characters. That said, I have really struggled with the two stories prior to this, which was difficult to admit as I keep trying to push people to listen to Off To Be the Wizard. This gave me reason for pause before jumping in to Book 6 here, but I'm glad I did as it was a brilliant return to form. It was both fresh and familiar. It didn't have any of the tedium of 'Out of Spite', and it was compelling. We only get so many hours in our life and I'm glad I spent some of them listening to this, it was very enjoyable so thank you Scott & Luke.
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- Kindle Customer
- 06-10-19
A return to form
I loved this new installment of magic 2.0. great story arc, with a more in depth look at some of the side characters. This has become one of my new favourite books in the series Thankyou keep up the good work.
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- Theodore Sherman
- 06-07-19
A rabbit from the top hat
One of the most fascinating thing I've found about this series is how many people seem to like the 3rd book over the 4th. When I've listened to the Unexpected Quest I hated it immensely, mostly because the character I loved from the first two books became caricatures of themselves. When I've read Fight and Flight I was delighted at how masterfully Scott Meyer gave all of his characters the edge they had. Now, after listening to the Vexed Generation I'm glad to say that I liked it a lot, because the characters were the same ones I fell in love with. Luke Daniels' performance was excellent as always. However, the story was very generic. I could tell almost every 'plot twist' from a mile away, the set up and payoff will be obvious to any reader. And even though I love the characters some of them still were portrayed diametrically opposite from the other books in this series. The last thing I want to mention is the overabundance of needless references. It doesn't ruin the story, but becomes a little bit annoying as the book goes on.
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- N. D. Holt
- 07-26-22
Enjoyed this hope there's more coming
As many of the reviews have already written, the last before this was a bit lacklustre. This, though, is Scott Meyer back to his original form.
A new generation and hopefully a new life to the series, although it's been a while since the last installment so is this the end of the series? I hope not!!!
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- Graham
- 02-14-22
great continuation
loved the series was a great way to bring the kids into the plot. I thought it was Gary as the villan..
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- Kevin
- 07-24-19
The old magic is back !!
Really, really enjoyed this. I was getting worried it was all getting a bit stale and had lost it's way but the old magic is back. Thoroughly entertaining, witty, etc, etc. Everything I loved from the first book is part of the recipe for this book. We're cooking with gas,again !
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- Phoebe
- 11-03-20
better than the last few in this series
Lots of fun! Great to see all the characters and favourite locations. Getting the kids involved in this story was a good move and we finally see Martin maturing a bit! Wacky new magic tricks, twists and turns. This series will never be the height of literature, even within the comedy genre, but this book is entertaining and light hearted. No stressful gripping-the-edge-of-your-seat-stuff, which sometimes, is just right.
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- Ray
- 05-30-20
Par for the course.
If you've made it this far thru the series then this is generally more of the same. If you like them you should like this.
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- Kalit Atl
- 01-18-20
Entertaining as usual...weak ending
Loved the first half of the book, then hated the second part and bland resolution.
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- Ben Allwood
- 10-31-19
All is redeemed Scott!!! Well done!
All is redeemed Scott!!! Well done!
I was not sure if I still wanted to listen to this series As the last few books or not that great and lacked depth and direction however this one made up for all well-done all involved
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- Nathan Singh
- 07-25-19
Finally!
Been waiting for book 6 in this brilliant series and I hope there are more to come!
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- Anonymous User
- 06-25-19
another fun book
loved it. only sad it was over do quickly. cant wait for the next one