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Supervillainy and Other Poor Career Choices

By: J.R. Grey
Narrated by: Neil Hellegers
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Engineer. Survivor. Supervillain.

When a down-on-his-luck engineer ends up coming into possession of a rundown suit of power-armor, he sees an opportunity to make some quick cash by selling it off to the nearest supervillain.

Unfortunately for him, what should have been a quick and easy sale to pay off his debts quickly grows into an ongoing series of events that serve only to drag him deeper and deeper into the criminal underbelly of the city he calls home.

In no time at all, Erich finds himself fending off neo-Nazi gang members, crazed capes, and the dangerous affections of his newest employer's criminally insane daughter.

All he wanted to do was make a quick buck . . . .

©2019 J.R. Grey (P)2019 Tantor
Cyberpunk Fantasy Fiction Genetic Engineering Science Fiction Superhero

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Engaging Storyline • Gritty Worldbuilding • Delightful Narration • Unique Villain Perspective • Interesting Power Dynamics
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In a modern world where law and order are not guaranteed since emergence of superpowered individuals, master of his craft engineer barely scrapes enough to pay local racketeering group protection fee. Betting big he promises to deliver a technology powered suit that nulls the power gap between supe and regular person. And oh, does it spiral out of control heading downwards from there.

The world setting which isn't revealed all at once but in parts, some of which - the master - only in the epilogue, serves as a great carrot for the reader. While the protagonists receive their share of the background story and glimpses at the experiences that have molded them into what they are now, which are quite consistent and realistic (can be taken seriously), while the protagonists party's goons are nothing more than goons. This only continues to enforce the existing gap between the supes and regulars. And when the highlight is on a goon, you know it's for a good reason - chekhov's gun.

Hardlight's final is half a load of a breadcrumb. Hopefully more insight will be provided in part 2. In audiobook format the book just fly by. Either Mr. Grey's writing or Mr. Helleger's narration or just the length of the work, but I have a scratch for more poor career choices now.

Conclusion: 4/5. Listened on Audible included in plus catalogue. Narrated by: Neil Hellegers. Story with an unorthodox super hero setting. Has romance, dealing with trauma, a bit of mental health issues in the protagonists (perfectionism, daddy issues etc.). Certainly will continue with Supervillainy and Other Poor Career Choices: Book Two. Only con is that J.R. Grey literary career from 2019 only has two books. Terrible value for the length of the book - 2.28 $/hour ( 17.19 $ / 07 hrs 32 mins ).

Values:
Terrible: >1.66 $/hour
Bad: 1 - 1.66 $/hour
Good: <1 $/hour
Dream: 0.4 - 0.27 $/hour

As onorthodox a super hero as could be - s-villain

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Five stars story of a super villain story. Pretty original. Eager to read the sequel

Nice

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LOVED this book and normally do not like Superhero drama. Well written plot structure and strange twist. Had to listen to a couple areas twice to understand what happened and why. Especially when Jason killed Gray by pulling the disc from her neck. Lol!

Mechromancer!

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There are a few books which center around villains as the main characters. The main character is still some kind of good guy mixed with misunderstandings/past mistakes/special situations that, while it doesn’t retract from the story, still doesn’t leave you with an actual villain.

Some books take the opposite approach and give you a character that is borderline unlikable or so evil they border on unrealistic.

This book does it right. The main character is realistic, positive traits and flaws. However, when push comes to shove, their personality is clearly defined in an unambiguously villainous way. This isn’t a hero in a villain costume but someone you’d probably avoid in the real world.

Beyond the main character you have a supporting cast that are interesting in their own right. Everyone has depth to them and their own goals.

I loved this book.

Real Villain

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This author can keep the funny story line in the air throughout the book. Good narrator.

The story is a lot of fun.

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decent super villain read ... I'm not good at writing reviews... I mean I probably could be but I'm trying to listen to more books not write them ... not yet anyways

pretty decent

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was such a surprise find which makes it even better....Neil hellegers has an amazing ability to bring allready well written and fleshed out characters to life...alot of others say it's a cheap copy if d-list and I say d-list characters and story don't hold a super power on j.r Grey can't wait to read the next book

superb narrator

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I liked the wirldbuilding and story alot, I just took off a star because the MC was so unlikable.

really cool

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it did a great job of setting the world up whether or not we ever see a sequel to this is unknown. it's a good one off for sure.

the concept was fun

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very fun read not great, but fun, nice Meta vrs. can't wait to see more

fun

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