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Both interesting and amusing

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 10-14-24

Scalzi manages to create an interesting world where humans and aliens coexist with occasional minor conflicts. He uses this to poke fun at bureaucracy and people's attitudes toward beings different than themselves. In doing so he managed to make me laugh a lot. I hope this is popular enough to prompt another visit to this world and these characters because I'd love to read more.

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Non-stop enjoyment

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 09-28-23

After careful thought, I've rated this book as a 5 because of the eagerness with which I anticipated it and the sheer joy it brought me while listening to it. The narration by Wil Wheaton enhanced the experience the way his performances always seem to do. Starter Villain is filled with Scalzi's characteristic humor, entertaining plotting, and a fair amount of topics to contemplate once the book is finished. In the end, I rated it this way because I'm still smiling having finished it while eagerly awaiting his next book.

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My favorite book!

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Reviewed: 12-14-11

Being an engineer, I think I was predisposed to liking this book. It's a fascinating study of how an engineer is presented with seemingly insurmountable problems and overcomes them by determination and skill. Shute never wrote a book that wasn't completely engrossing and this, his last book, is no exception.

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Very entertaining

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5 out of 5 stars
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Reviewed: 11-30-11

Filled with little known fascinating historical facts. A few I'd heard before but most are new to me. Very good narrator on this one.

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