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Beschreibung
Warning: supervillain in training. Risk of world domination.
Locus and Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi brings us Starter Villain, a turbo-charged tale of a family business with a difference. This one comes with a hidden headquarters, minions, talking cats and villainous rivals worthy of James Bond.
Divorced, broke and emotionally dependent on his cat, Charlie hasn't been loving life. Then he finds out his recently deceased Uncle Jake has left him a top-secret, international supervillain business. And, as if this wasn't problematic enough, Jake's vengeful rivals ambush the funeral. Charlie must decide if he should stay stuck in his rut, or step up to take on the business, the enemies, the minions, the hidden volcano lair . . .
Even harder to get used to are the talking, computer-savvy cats - and the fact that they're management. If Charlie says yes to his inheritance, could this lifeline become a death wish? Or could it finally be his chance to shine?
'An enormously entertaining comedy' - Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Service Model and Children of Time
'You will laugh so loudly you will wish you weren't reading in public' - New Scientist
'Prepare to be delighted' - Daily Mail
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It was a fun and quick read A delightful, lighthearted story, that is easy to digest. I expected a bit more villainy stuff happening 😅 But nonetheless, it was an entertaining story.
•●🅱🅾🅾🅺 🆁🅴🆅🅸🅴🆆●• Starter Villain Author: John Scalzi 3.5 ☆ •●🆂🆄🅼🅼🅰🆁🆈●• Normal guy inherits criminal empire Divorced substitute teacher Charlie lives with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell. Charlie's life gets turned upside down when his uncle dies and leaves his super villain business to him. Turns out his uncle Jake had enemies who are now coming after Charlie as well. With the help of unionized dolphins, hyperintelligent talking spy cats, and a terrifying hunchperson at his side, Charlie has to win a war his uncle started. •●🆁🅴🆅🅸🅴🆆●• What can I say… It was a fun and quick read A delightful, lighthearted story, that is easy to digest. The first half of the book was great; I flew through the pages. There were some hilarious scenes. The dolphins are the best 🤣 Unfortunately, after the whole villain situation got explained, it lost a bit of momentum. I expected a bit more villainy stuff happening 😅 But nonetheless, it was an entertaining story.
this is equally stupid and fun and i loved every single page of it i love charly and how he sees through the schemes he gets put into, how he actually really uses his brain and the way he interacts with the different characters the book is exactly as long as it should be and gives you a little short story about one of the side characters which fits right in because you see more of Hera Starter Villain has scalzis typical writing style of themes that should feel heavier but don't and a very easy and consistent flow. the pace keeps the same over the whole book. i absolutely love how Scalzi is able to keep the tone, the pace, the feeling of different stages of a book the same and still let the reader feel the drama and the tension without the pace running away
Dieses Buch hat mir meine Litsy-Community beschert, bei welcher dieses Werk sehr grossen Anklang fand. All die begeisterten Rezensionen machten mich neugierig, ausserdem ist es wohl nicht verkehrt, auch mal etwas vom berühmte John Scalzi zu lesen. Wil Wheaton hat das Hörbuch gelesen und das passt natürlich wie die Faust aufs Auge. Ich mochte es sehr, ihm zuzuhören. Wheaton gibt einen tollen Charlie ab und bei den Delfinen habe ich beinahe Tränen gelacht. Ich hatte eine richtig, richtig gute Zeit mit dem Buch. Es ist kurzweilig und unterhaltsam. Und es hat Katzen! Wobei ich mit den Delfinen fast schon mehr Spass hatte. Natürlich kommen zwischenzeitliche Hänger vor, aber damit ist einfach zu rechnen. Auf jeden Fall ein guter Tipp für alle, die Katzen mögen, und eine Begleitung für eine längere Autofahrt suchen. Genau für sowas denke ich, ist dieses Buch super geeignet.
Beschreibung
Warning: supervillain in training. Risk of world domination.
Locus and Hugo Award-winning author John Scalzi brings us Starter Villain, a turbo-charged tale of a family business with a difference. This one comes with a hidden headquarters, minions, talking cats and villainous rivals worthy of James Bond.
Divorced, broke and emotionally dependent on his cat, Charlie hasn't been loving life. Then he finds out his recently deceased Uncle Jake has left him a top-secret, international supervillain business. And, as if this wasn't problematic enough, Jake's vengeful rivals ambush the funeral. Charlie must decide if he should stay stuck in his rut, or step up to take on the business, the enemies, the minions, the hidden volcano lair . . .
Even harder to get used to are the talking, computer-savvy cats - and the fact that they're management. If Charlie says yes to his inheritance, could this lifeline become a death wish? Or could it finally be his chance to shine?
'An enormously entertaining comedy' - Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Service Model and Children of Time
'You will laugh so loudly you will wish you weren't reading in public' - New Scientist
'Prepare to be delighted' - Daily Mail
Buchinformationen
Beiträge
It was a fun and quick read A delightful, lighthearted story, that is easy to digest. I expected a bit more villainy stuff happening 😅 But nonetheless, it was an entertaining story.
•●🅱🅾🅾🅺 🆁🅴🆅🅸🅴🆆●• Starter Villain Author: John Scalzi 3.5 ☆ •●🆂🆄🅼🅼🅰🆁🆈●• Normal guy inherits criminal empire Divorced substitute teacher Charlie lives with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell. Charlie's life gets turned upside down when his uncle dies and leaves his super villain business to him. Turns out his uncle Jake had enemies who are now coming after Charlie as well. With the help of unionized dolphins, hyperintelligent talking spy cats, and a terrifying hunchperson at his side, Charlie has to win a war his uncle started. •●🆁🅴🆅🅸🅴🆆●• What can I say… It was a fun and quick read A delightful, lighthearted story, that is easy to digest. The first half of the book was great; I flew through the pages. There were some hilarious scenes. The dolphins are the best 🤣 Unfortunately, after the whole villain situation got explained, it lost a bit of momentum. I expected a bit more villainy stuff happening 😅 But nonetheless, it was an entertaining story.
this is equally stupid and fun and i loved every single page of it i love charly and how he sees through the schemes he gets put into, how he actually really uses his brain and the way he interacts with the different characters the book is exactly as long as it should be and gives you a little short story about one of the side characters which fits right in because you see more of Hera Starter Villain has scalzis typical writing style of themes that should feel heavier but don't and a very easy and consistent flow. the pace keeps the same over the whole book. i absolutely love how Scalzi is able to keep the tone, the pace, the feeling of different stages of a book the same and still let the reader feel the drama and the tension without the pace running away
Dieses Buch hat mir meine Litsy-Community beschert, bei welcher dieses Werk sehr grossen Anklang fand. All die begeisterten Rezensionen machten mich neugierig, ausserdem ist es wohl nicht verkehrt, auch mal etwas vom berühmte John Scalzi zu lesen. Wil Wheaton hat das Hörbuch gelesen und das passt natürlich wie die Faust aufs Auge. Ich mochte es sehr, ihm zuzuhören. Wheaton gibt einen tollen Charlie ab und bei den Delfinen habe ich beinahe Tränen gelacht. Ich hatte eine richtig, richtig gute Zeit mit dem Buch. Es ist kurzweilig und unterhaltsam. Und es hat Katzen! Wobei ich mit den Delfinen fast schon mehr Spass hatte. Natürlich kommen zwischenzeitliche Hänger vor, aber damit ist einfach zu rechnen. Auf jeden Fall ein guter Tipp für alle, die Katzen mögen, und eine Begleitung für eine längere Autofahrt suchen. Genau für sowas denke ich, ist dieses Buch super geeignet.