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- Narrated by: Christy Romano
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In a prosperous yet gruesomely violent near future, superhero vigilantes battle thugs whose heads are full of supervillain fantasies. The peace is kept by a team of smooth, well-dressed negotiators called The Men in Fancy Suits. Meanwhile a young girl is caught in the middle and thinks the whole thing is ridiculous.
Zoey, a recent college graduate with a worthless degree, makes a reluctant trip into the city after hearing that her estranged con artist father died in a mysterious yet spectacular way. There she finds that her scumbag dad had actually, in the final years of his life, put his amazing talent for hustling to good use: He was one of the founding members of the Fancy Suits and died in the course of his duties. Zoey is quickly entangled in the city's surreal mob war when she is taken hostage by a particularly crazy villain who imagines himself to be a Dr. Doom-level mastermind. The villain is demanding information about Zoe's father when she is rescued by The Fancy Suits. She reluctantly joins their cause and helps finish what her old man started, tapping in to her innate talent for bullshit that she inherited from her hated father. And along the way, she might just have to learn how to trust people again.
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- Salios
- 2017-10-07
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so many butt jokes. it's an even mix of character development and serious violence paired with butt jokes and ridiculousness. would always recommend!
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- DannyD83
- 2020-09-22
Great read. Better narration.
I really liked this book when I read it about a year ago, but it was made even better with the amazing natration from Christy Romano she does an excellent job with all the different characters. Definitely recommended
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- Aaron Hawes
- 2020-08-01
Exactly what you'd expect
Amazing story, funny writing, and expertly narrated. I wo recommend this book to anyone who's already a fan of David Wong and his unique storytelling.
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- Morgan L
- 2024-02-24
Fun, Quick, Good Characters
A unique and well crafted story with a litany of characters. Clever satire on all of the dangers and stupidity that come with technology and social media without clubbing you over the head with it. Every character, including the narrator, are very over the top, unbelievable, but in a way that seems deliberate and contributed to the narrative.
The reader was good. There wasn't anything distracting. I hated the voice of the main antagonist, but I'm certain I was supposed to.
The writer uses the word "undulate" (or a form of) WAY too often, and that is distracting. Mr Wong needs to use Brandon Sanderson's rule for using that word, and only use it once a novel. And if we are subbing out that word in places, I think we could start with descriptions of roads. There has to be a better word for that. If the streets are undulating, I don't even know what that looks like. Who edited this?
Otherwise, this book totally hits what it's aiming at.
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- Amanda McWhan
- 2023-03-02
Disgusting
This is the worst, most revolting book I've ever endured. I kept waiting for it to get better but it went from bad to worse. It was like listening to teenage boys in a locker room. Needlessly, pointlessly vulgar. There isn't a single sympathetic character. Just gross.
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- Justin Currie
- 2022-10-15
Pure Entertainment
If you are a fan of David Wong you will love this book. A brand new cast of characters that you will come to love and a great story filled with the ridiculous over the top action we've come to expect from this brilliant and twisted mind.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2022-08-01
Absolute gem
This book is hilarious, horrifying, and captivating. The author is definitely going on my “must read” list, the performer was very skilled, and I enjoyed every minute of this
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- Roseann Larstone
- 2022-03-18
Just so good
This was a great listen. The pacing and and plot are perfect. The performance was the right mix of voice and tone to make you feel the action and the characters. A must get
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- Chris Shannon
- 2021-12-22
The Narrator isn't listening to herself
I think you can see the problems with this book from most of the reviews. Zoey Ashe is not a good character. We are frequently told that she is interesting, but she doesn't really do anything interesting. She's actually aggressively pedestrian.
However, my main gripe with this audio book is the narrator. Her choices are pretty bad. There is one sentence she read in a lilty voice and followed up with "the henchman said without intonation." The textual hints suggests she is not reading these lines accurately and that harms the quality of the audiobook. The antagonist of the book, such as he is and his ideology is and his opinions on media presence is perhaps should be played with more... presence. However, almost all of the antogonists are played like cartoon henchmen.
It's not hard to get what this book is going for and it's a fine book. But it's not a great book.
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- Keely
- 2021-12-22
Great Book, Awful Narrator
Love this author, I cannot praise him enough. The John Dies at the End series got me back into my love of reading, I super highly recommend. I liked this story, not the most loveable main character but I loved the world he created. However... The Narrator was absolutely awful! Her “accents” were cringey and extremely offensive and very inconsistent. She mixed up characters voices, using the wrong accent for the wrong character. It felt like she hadn't read anything in advance. I hate giving negative critiques but she really takes you out of the story with her poor performance, Not at all a good reflection of the of this amazingly funny and talented author. Glad to see there is a different narrator for the next book.
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