Hilarious, random and gripping

This is an amazing book. How David Wong came up with the crazy stuff that happens in this story I will never know. It was hilarious and random, like the kind of stuff that flits into your mind for a second and then you dismiss as crazy was knitted together into a story. If I could have listened for 15hrs straight I would have. Also, it must be said, Christy Romano was an amazing narrator. There were quite a lot of characters and she brought them to life so amazingly well - different accents, pitches, paces. The next book in the series isn’t narrated by her, which is disappointing. I haven’t read it yet but I can’t imagine Zoe not having Christy’s voice, or any of the other characters to be fair. Overall, a fantastic read/listen.

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Loved it

I listened to this before I started 'John dies at the end' and honestly loved it just as much, while the main character is a little annoying at times it's still fantastic 10 outta 10 would recommend to a friend.

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Brilliant

Took a chance on this due to the good reviews and so glad I did. Great story and great performance. Didn’t want it to end.

I’m still a bit confused by Zoe’s reference to her time in the beginning though!!

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ruined by narrator<br />

Great story, utterly ruined by the narrator who destroyed the clever writing by stressing the wrong words in the sentences.

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thoroughly engaging :)

As bizarre violent, and comical as you'd expect from David Wong. Great, well-developed characters. Performed brilliantly - no small feat, considering the diversity of the characters!

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Crazy, funny and super witty

Absolutely loved everything about this. David Wong has excelled himself with the creation of Zoe Ash, looking forward to book 2 already!

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The description on audible is wrong.

This was a good book but the start of the description where it says "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." Is completely and utterly wrong.

I was expecting a Differently Morphous style book with a sort of superhero/villain Men In Black squad. There was nothing like this. The "superhero" was basically non-existant in that role and the MIFS weren't negiotating middlemen but were protagonists fighting against the villains. Read the blurb on Amazon or Goodreads rather than on Audible for a better idea of what this book it about.

Having said that, despite not being what I expected this book was a bundle of fun. The protagonist is a bit of a wet flannel at times but the rest of the cast were strong enough characters to overcome that. You want the protagonists to win. The plot makes some amount of sense. There's a sprinkling of humour and jokes even if not all of them land. All in all this is a good, fun book and the narration was good too.

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great world and characters but exhausting villan

really enjoyed this book the world it depicted was realistic yet fantastical and we'll research and the narration went a long way to help make the characters feel real the only downside is we spend to a bit too much time with the antagonist after a while he gets monotonous

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Bravo wong.

This was a great story for me. I was initially upset to find out that it was not the third book in the David and John stories. However here he has created a great new world populated by interesting characters. The humour remains sharp if a little childish, but if you like wongs work as an author and writer for cracked that's what you will enjoy. The narration on the whole was enjoyable, but at times a little inconsistent. despite this I would like to hear more books read by Romano. In short I now have two book series' to look forward to from Wong.

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BRILIANT!

Insane, cruel, funny and smart!
I loved it.
It is nuts. The world is cruel and full of insane people.
One trailer park raised young woman gets sucked into it and she rises up to it.
A diamond in the rough that keeps on taking punches and not stopping.
There are soo many good things to say that there is no point.
This is Fight Club, Batman and Kickass.

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