it's interesting subject

So the book is from the view point of "masters of formalities" almost like aid's to royal families. Scott has a great way of writing characters and they do make me chuckle imaging them. Luke does a great job of bringing them to life.

If I had a negative is that there is a storyline that runs through it that really doesn't need to be there in that much detail. but other than that i enjoyed it.

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Enjoyable

I bought this because I have enjoyed the Magic 2.0 series. The narration was great, although towards the beginning I couldn't help but hear the voices as characters from the Magic books! I found this story quite enjoyable. It has a fairly slow pace and some interesting characters, I'm glad I gave it a chance.

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Great dry humoured fantasy sci-fi

Fantastic book very well read. Easy to follow story line with lots of evolving characters and an interesting story line. This is exactly my kind of dry humour so really enjoyed it.

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Excellent fun

Absurd, bizarre and totally crazy - but laugh out loud at times and a great story.

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brilliant!

The story was so different and unexpected. Very funny and narrated brilliantly. Loved the Sports!

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absorbing

excellent story, strong characters and funny situations.hey enjoyable and well worth a read if you make the time

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Definitely worth reading - really enjoyed this!

Took a while to get going, and isn’t really the type of book I would usually read - but I really enjoyed it. Interesting plot, and great character development. I Definitely recommend.

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Perfect story and amazing naration

But I wouldn't expect anything else from Scott Myers and Luke Daniels :)

Something something extra words.

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Odd pronunciation slightly spoils a great story

It's interesting that Luke Daniels is an audiobook narrator. I find his way of reading somewhat offputting and distracting. Some words he outright mispronounces (shone like "shown" rather than "on" - maybe that's an American accent thing, however; I'm British) but the most distracting is that sentences like '"Alright," he grunted.' are read as if two distinct sentences: '"Alright." He grunted.' as if the character said "alright" and then followed that with a grunt. Maybe I'm reading too much into this but it was certainly distracting to me.

On the plus side, the characters' voices (and accents) are pretty consistent and distinct (or similar where appropriate).

I quite enjoyed the story. It's a bit of a slow starter, but I did get into it and found it enjoyable. I won't spoil the story but I must admit I saw a different outcome coming towards the end. Still, the one I got was also fun and interesting.

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Not Scott Meyers best.

I had to check that this was the same Scott Meyer as wrote his other books. Master of Formalities is very slow to start and neither the A story nor either of the B stories is particularly engaging or has a satisfying end. There is a lot of alien-world-building and the differences in the society presented are interesting if that's what you like, but I just found this to be a 15 hour snooze.

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