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Starter Villain by John Scalzi

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Site logo image Sheila (Book Journey) posted: " If a book could be saved by narration, Will Wheaton would be the one to do. Sadly, not even Will could save this book for me. ~Sheila Charlie was stuck. A divorced, substitute teacher, living in a house that belonged to his recently deceased da" Book Journey Read on blog or Reader

Starter Villain by John Scalzi

Sheila (Book Journey)

February 18

If a book could be saved by narration, Will Wheaton would be the one to do. Sadly, not even Will could save this book for me. ~Sheila

Charlie was stuck. A divorced, substitute teacher, living in a house that belonged to his recently deceased dad because he can not afford other options, with a cat that honestly - followed him home one day, and in Charlie's opinion - the cat just decided this was home.

When a rich and eccentric uncle passes away that Charlie barely knows - he is surprised to find that this uncle has a plan for him that includes an interesting inheritance. But all inheritances... are not awesome and Charlie finds himself in a strange world he never knew existed in a leadership role he could have never made up in his wildest dreams.

Full disclosure - I chose this book because I noticed that Will Wheaton was the narrator. And to continue with this line of honesty, I was intrigued in the beginning as it had the essence of Ready Player One (also narrated by Will Wheaton). It started with a guy down on his luck and about as low as one could go... and then... a crazy guy dies who has more money than he knew what to do with and said loser... er, protagonist, has the opportunity to change his life, and of course the amazing Will Wheaton narrating in the way that has made me a mega fan of his work.

Sadly - the similarities end there. The book gets weird. There are smart-talking cats and mega Villains, and as mentioned - reading other reviews, I am clearly one of the few who didn't laugh out loud or feel this was brilliant.
That's ok - they can not all be winners. If you have read this one I would love to hear other opinions. I only finished this because of the narrator.

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