Esteban Torres rated Starter Villain: 4 stars

Starter Villain by John Scalzi
Inheriting your mysterious uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might imagine.
Sure, there are the things you'd expect. …
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Inheriting your mysterious uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might imagine.
Sure, there are the things you'd expect. …
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Forgot I had read this one 4 years ago 😅
Things sounded too familiar and now I know why
I genuinely like the writing style. Writing int as a story is definitely infinitely better than any other "recipe" book.
That being said, as of 2024 this book reads full of cliches; and the MC being the macho American ex navy just destroys a bunch of different great points
Has interesting points but not mind blowing (obviously this is 11 years after initial writing)
To me this reads like something from the same place where Studio Ghibli draws inspiration from.
The ambience of the story, the flow and the characters. I grabbed this book randomly and I'm so very happy I did
So far this reads like a fusion of "The Daevabad Trilogy" meets "Shades of Magic"
And not a lot of differences other than the bare minimum to not make it a copy
In itself is not a bad book. But if you have read the other 2 sagas this just feels like a half baked copy
Quite interesting and fun style. Definitely enjoyed it