Fight and Flight

I feel like this book was written for no more reason than to satisfy some contractual obligation to a publisher. It felt slapped together and uninspired. Scott Meyer is a much better author than this book would lead one to believe.
Also, I found at least 4 or 5 errors in the book. Some were grammatical (then instead of than), and some were characters names being used incorrectly (i.e. Martin having a conversation with Gary and it’s basically “Martin said…, Gary said…, Martin said…” then out of nowhere it throws in a “Jeff said”….Jeff isn’t even in the scene. I get it, people are human and nobody is perfect, but these were glaring errors.
In a nutshell, shoddy editing on a book that nobody seemed to care much about in the first place. If you’ve read the first 3, just leave it at that and spend your $5 somewhere else.

Big fan of Magic 2.0. As I’ve said in at least one previous review it’s nothing earth shattering but it (the first one especially) is a FUN read. Mr. Meyer created an interesting world for his characters to play in and for his readers to imagine themselves in. I’ve read and reread the first three books a couple times now. This latest outing though… is a little…. boring. Without trying to spoil anything, there’s no great antagonist here. The quality of the writing is fine and there are some funny moments, but overall it’s a bit of a slog because there’s nothing really –happening–. It’s like the entire plot and action of this book should have been a ten page montage between important events in another book. Or mentioned offhandedly between characters as they’re sitting around Phillip’s house discussing the funny things they got up to last week.

Nonetheless, if you’re a fan of Magic 2.0 then it’s tough not to recommend it. Keep expectations reasonable.

Definitely not as good as the previous books, probably because there is such a time lapse between books 3 and 4. The characters all feel dumber (and that is saying a lot for this group) and have not only learned nothing but have seemed to regress into even more idiotic forms.

This book could be skipped and nothing would be missed. It feels more like a side story or a filler arc rather than a continuation of the series.

Having completely loved books 1-3 I eagerly download this to my Kindle and dug right in. I am sorry to say that this series seems to have played itself out. The book lacks any real tension, and pretty much follows the “Sorcerer’s Apprentice” formula of our hapless wizards using power beyond their real understanding or control. Any semblance of character development has been lost, and most of the wizards are pretty interchangeable anymore. The antagonist isn’t nearly as compelling as his past villains (she isn’t really a villain at all, but kind of determinedly misguided and fanatical). I have loved so many of his past books, I hope the spark uniqueness is recaptured, but I will pay closer attention to the reviews and probably sample from now on before plunking my money down.

It’s good to have another installment in this series to read. The banter between the characters and humor is there, and some ridiculous situations as in the previous books. But I’d have to agree with other reviewers that said this isn’t quite up to par with the other books in the series. For me, I think this is because the plot just kind of wanders around as the crew tries to accomplish mostly a single task, a task that is kind of dull IMHO. (trying to not give any spoilers) And there are no new wizards, though this would be difficult I guess with the ‘list’ locked out. This just didn’t have quite the “magic” of previous efforts, to use a corny pun.

All that said, while I like the other books in the series a bit better, this isn’t a bad read at all, and I enjoyed it. I hope there are more forthcoming in the series.

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