I wanted to like this. It tackles a cool concept, but it does so without any style or wit. Not to be Foley, but I have so many problems with it. The only character I liked was Hugh Howie, who is clearly just a link to the one of the author's previous works. The two main characters are dull, flat, and entirely annoying. I hear that people like the other Bombo books, but I just don't get it at all. They repeat the same lines over and over, rehashing the same tired plot points. The story doesn't even make sense! I love sci-fi, but I could not suspend my disbelief for even a second in this story. Anytime a character would bring up something the audience might be thinking, another character would basically say, "We don't have time to explain!" That's bad writing, plain and simple.For those of you listening to the audio version, don't. I have honestly never heard a worse narrator in my life. I listen to about 12 hours of audiobooks a week, so I've listened to a lot. This guy was horrible. He was clearly trying to distinguish between voices, but he slipped between them all with no relationship to which character was speaking! Even the different accents he chose didn't make sense for the characters he was supposedly trying to perform. Lines that might have been funny fell flat, and I actually lost track of who was speaking at times. Seriously, this guy needs more training before ever picking up a mic again. AVOID. This was a fun read. I knew from the moment I read about zombies who only want to eat good authors that I would like this story (even if the zombies are actually part of another book and only alluded to here). I liked the idea of jumping through the worlds of different stories and Bombo and Alistair are fun characters to read. The cameos of other famous writers were fun too and I liked the discussions on writing and the publishing world. Nice read.
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Really enjoyed this book. Will be looking for the others in the series.
—lilly99
Meh. The idea sounded more interesting than I found the actual book.
—Lissasymone
It was a good listen. Enjoyable with some laughs.
—amya
