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My Review:Title: Off to Be the Wizard
Author: Scott Meyer
Series: Magic 2.0 #1
Published by: Brilliance Audio
Release Date: March 18, 2014
Format: Audiobook
Narrator: Luke Daniels
Length: 10 hours and 45 minutes
Genres: Action and Adventure, Comedy, Contemporary Fantasy, Science Fiction
Source: Audible
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My rating:
Blurb:Martin Banks is just a normal guy who has made an abnormal discovery: he can manipulate reality, thanks to reality being nothing more than a computer program. With every use of this ability, though, Martin finds his little “tweaks” have not escaped notice. Rather than face prosecution, he decides instead to travel back in time to the Middle Ages and pose as a wizard.
What could possibly go wrong?
An American hacker in King Arthur’s court, Martin must now train to become a full-fledged master of his powers, discover the truth behind the ancient wizard Merlin…and not, y’know, die or anything.
4 stars — I wrote these notes for a review 2 years ago, and I really don’t feel like making it nicer…so you get what you get.
Listened with the hubby on a few road trips — shame that we had to split it up, would have been nice if we could have listened to it in a shorter amount of time.
Luke Daniels as the narrator was a fucking master. His voices were ALWAYS spot on and distinguishable and consistent. His humour came across amazingly, and I can’t help but wonder if I’d have enjoyed it as much if I’d just read. His comedic timing was brilliant. Definitely moving up as a fave narrator.
In general the story was super unique and odd and made us laugh out loud SO MANY TIMES. It was just so odd. At times I found it a bit drawn out, hence why not a higher rating.
The characters aren’t always super easy to like. They’re super socially awkward, and sometimes that makes them arrogant, oblivious, even jerk-ish.
Jimmy was the perfect villain — so easy to just want to wring his neck.
I will admit that I fell for all sorts of red herrings when trying to figure out what was going on and who was the bad guy.
This was the first of my “Hubby Buddy Reads”, and it was enough of a success for us to have listened to a few more since then!
I love your description of this being a Hubby Buddy Read. My dh and I also listen to certain books and series only when we’re together, driving in the car, and on a trip.