Wild Cards I

Remembering back to the 80s and what a splash this series made, I had to give the audio treatment a try. Very well done presentation with a large variety of unique character voices. The story itself is a classic, treating the impact of superhuman (and non-human) characters on the \’real\’ world. If you aren\’t familiar with this series, but enjoyed the TV series Heroes, give this a try!

I understand why people give this top ratings, but for me, there was such a lack of cohesion that I was too often left wonder what the heck did one chapter have to do with another.. or anything at all. I liked the different writing styles as the differences became part of the characters, but again, some skills were distractingly lacking. Made it to chapter 19 when I realized I wasnt interested in hearing more.

I decided to give this book a try after reading the reviews and am very pleased I did. It shows a world where an alien virus has infected the population post WWII. I greatly enjoyed the format of jumping POV\’s and showing how our timeline might have been effected by such an event – something I think was handled quite artfully by the writers. The \”Wildcard Virus\” has effected people in several ways ranging from the Aces (superheroes) to the Jokers (those deformed or negatively effected) – and that isn\’t counting the overwhelming majority of those that get it that simply die horribly. With this in play it effects more than just everyday social interaction, it effects government, entertainment, crime, and quite a few other things in between. There were characters and storylines I enjoyed more than others (the Sleeper, the Turtle, and the government anylist who can stop time being among my favorites) but all in all it was thoroughly enthralling with a wonderfully narrator to guide the whole thing.

Late in the book some guy uses his super power to make a 14 year old rape and murder a 9 year old, and the author decided to write about how it felt to take her virginity before he used a rock to smash her head in. If there is going to be pedophilia in a book audible needs to let its customers know.

story is very interesting until about 2/3 of the way through when he gets really raunchy and then towards the last 30 minutes or so goes back to good

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