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Starter Villain
- De: John Scalzi
- Narrado por: Wil Wheaton
- Duración: 8 h y 5 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 12,324
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 10,935
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 10,929
Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. Charlie's life is going nowhere fast. A divorced substitute teacher living with his cat in a house his siblings want to sell, all he wants is to open a pub downtown, if only the bank will approve his loan. Then his long-lost uncle Jake dies and leaves his supervillain business (complete with island volcano lair) to Charlie. But becoming a supervillain isn't all giant laser death rays and lava pits.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Volcanic Lairs, Death Rays & Cats… Oh My! 😼
- De C. White en 09-19-23
- Starter Villain
- De: John Scalzi
- Narrado por: Wil Wheaton
Clever, hilarious, well-written
Revisado: 11-02-24
Very funny, clever premise, excellent writing. This was my first exposure to this author , but I'll definitely be reading more! And Wheaton is a great narrator too! Really brings the author's words to life.
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When in Rome
- A Novel
- De: Liam Callanan
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 11 h y 22 m
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 13
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia3 out of 5 stars 11
Meet Claire: fifty-two, desperate to do something new and get a fresh start. Enter the chance to go to Rome: Home to a struggling convent facing a precipitous end, the city beckons Claire, who's long had a complicated relationship with religion, including a “missed connection” with convent life in her teens. Once in Rome, she finds a group of funny, fearless nuns in a gorgeous villa, beautiful runs throughout a color-saturated city, and a chance to reflect. It all leads her to an unexpected question—should she join the convent?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Stunning
- De Leila en 06-03-24
- When in Rome
- A Novel
- De: Liam Callanan
- Narrado por: Cassandra Campbell
Not great, some nice parts
Revisado: 08-15-23
I read this for a book club, so perhaps my mind will change after our discussion because someone in the group clearly liked it enough to add it to our list, but I had a really hard time finishing this book. I didn't like the main character, found many scenes unbelievable, and the amount of times the word "said" was used in dialogue scenes was entirely distracting. Claire said. Marcus said. Monica said. Dorothy said. Sister so-and-so said. Said. Said. Said. Said.
The narrator was good. No issues with her reading of the material. Just the material itself.
On the positive side, I enjoyed the descriptions of the Italian scenery. Beautiful, descriptive, flowing language really made the setting a character in and of itself, probably my favorite one.
I found Claire to be weak and flighty. Marcus too. Dorothy was okay. Monica came across as a stereotypical type-A *gasp* ambitious woman who we're not meant to like. I don't know enough about any of the nuns to have an opinion or really care.
*Spoilers*
I had a hard time buying that a woman who spent her college years preparing to become a nun (foregoing parties and dates and love) would, immediately after graduation, follow the advice of the bossy friend to hook up with a random guy for a one-night stand. And get pregnant.
She's in love with Marcus, but she made a secret deal with God to not be with him if God healed him after an non-existent illness. She wants to be nun and should know better, and it is mentioned in the story that she knows it's ridiculous and not how God works, yet for 30 years, she denies her and Marcus' happiness because...reasons? And it's a secret. Because of course it is.
Sure, Claire and Marcus can talk about everything with each other, except their true feelings for one another FOR 30 YEARS. How can that possibly be a good and healthy relationship?
There's an author's note at the end, where it's mentioned that you can't impulsively marry someone in an airport chapel. While I appreciate that note, I found that scene unnecessary for the story, especially because it's so implausible. Marcus is twice divorced, did he get those annulled? I haven't practiced Catholicism in a minute, but that is (or at least used to be) a pretty big deal. What about licenses and government paperwork? Also, he checked himself out of the hospital and is going to jump on plane right away? Is that safe/allowed?
The convent in Rome is going to close if they don't get one more member because one lady died and it dropped them below the minimum number required. So this organization that has been around for centuries just waits until the last minute and pins all of their hopes on one person joining? And Claire wants to jump up and save the day and the organization. Why wouldn't they be doing massive outreach before it reached the point where they would close? Very contrived. Also, what about the shady sister back in the States who wants to sell it for cheap to her brother? What's going on there? But the real estate broker and not-doing-so-great actor can afford to outbid the shady brother?
Honestly, by this point, I was just trying to finish the book so I could be done with it, and probably being more nitpicky than necessary, but my suspension of disbelief had been lifted and there was no lowering it again. I disliked all of the characters and the plot in this book, so without the beautiful descriptions of Rome, it would have been a total loss for me. I admire and appreciate authors for their work, but this one just isn't for me.
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