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Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits
- Narrated by: Christy Romano
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
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Summary
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 had 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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- PapaPete
- 29-09-18
Amusing at first, but definitely over-long
I struggled to finish this book. At first I liked the style and humour, but it went on way too long. it became a chore in the end, but I wanted to know how it finished. I'm sure I can find a better way to spend 15 hours though. in the end, the humour seemed childish as the novelty wore off.
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- AudiobookDevotee
- 23-06-21
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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- MRS BETH M JONES
- 12-10-15
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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- A_tavern
- 06-12-20
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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- Neon
- 02-12-20
An absolute blast.
Set in a quirky but believable extrapolation of todays social media society this book manages to be both funny -and- riveting in its story. Definitely recommended listening.
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- Jack
- 17-10-22
Broadly Horrific
This isn't a book that I would recommend to anyone due to it's truly horrific villain and subject matter but it is great and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I was lured in by its comic book title and a desire to read more light hearted stuff. What I actually found was a really well written study on the Alt-right Fascism of 'Bro' culture.
Threatening, sinister and stressful throughout but I couldn't stop listening. A bit like watching the Dark Knight.
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- Amazon Customer
- 22-04-21
Futuristic and historic violence are very similar
I might have enjoyed this more if the pronunciation of "Tabula Rasa" hadn't been so heavily Americanised into "Tah-Bool-Ah Rah-Sa"
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- Nikki
- 08-04-17
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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- Ted Bhogal
- 06-12-23
Silly But Great
I thoroughly enjoyed this glimpse of a possible future - has enough silliness to keep it light and I enjoyed the lead character and use of language. Hope you enjoy it too.
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- Anonymous User
- 30-10-23
Awesome, Hilarious, Hours of fun
The story was awesome and the narrator really brought it to life. Worth the Credit. 5 stars for me
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