Sean

Great twist on expectations

Revisado: 01-14-21

Fun story, fun take on dragons in the modern world. Narration was smooth and balanced so you could keep up with the character changes.

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Fun addition to the world of Peter Grant

Revisado: 02-25-20

Enjoyed seeing how another country deals with magic and views how London is doing.

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Fun steampunk adventure!

Revisado: 10-31-18

Wasn't sure about thd book at first as it seemed a bit too "on the nose" for the steampunk scene. But the characters were interesting enough to keep me listening and patience was rewarded. The world here is a great post apocalyptic steampunk vision once the main character learns of how the world really works right along with the audience.

The performance was fun, with enough differences between the many voices involved to keep things straight. My only issue was that some of the characters seem to have great unique voices while some just seemed to be from a different neighborhood of London (not that it's in London at all) That us likely to be more of an effect of the characters/book than anything from the nararator. There were also some quiet/whisper scenes that were hard to hear while driving.

Overall, I would recommend this book and am going to be sharing it with my teen kids as well.

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Tons of fun!

Revisado: 09-18-18

Great follow up to the original! Turns tropes upside down with style! Always a pleasure to get to know Lee's characters, who are never as simple as they appear on first glance.

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Amazing climax

Revisado: 04-15-15

Love the characters, voices, and story! Great way to wind together some loose ends! Wonderful!

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Fun story with some quality voices.

Revisado: 11-13-13

What made the experience of listening to WARP Book 1: The Reluctant Assassin the most enjoyable?

I'm a big Eoin Colfer fan, and his combination of humor and action is well represented here. The characters are unique and interesting with their own personal issues and motivations.

Maxwell Caulfield does a great job of balancing the many different accents throughout, including the strange case of mixing two distinct character voices at times to imply the struggle for control.

Who was your favorite character and why?

The villian, Garrick is absolutely the best reason to pick this one up. Already one of the smartest, if vilest, men in Victorian London, the technology of time travel gives him familiarity with the technology of today. His self-confidence comes to the surface in a delightfully "Bond villian" style where he feels completely unthreatened by Riley and Chevie.

"Agent Orange" was my second favorite, and favorite supporting character.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I listen on my commute, primarily, and at first this wasn't a hard one to stop when I got to work and home. As the story moved back to the past in the last act, howeve,r it grew ever more compelling to listen to. By this time in the tale, the listener shares the belief that there's really nothing they can do to stop or even escape from Garrick, and you need to keep listening just to find out how they might pull it off.

Any additional comments?

The one sticking point was Agent Chevron Savano's voice. Always a challenge for a grown man to pull off a young female character, but there seemed to be a lot of variation in her speech patterns. At times, the over articulation reminded me of Joe Mantegna from Criminal Minds.

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