I can say I have a fondness for terribly silly humour in small doses, and Manatees is at least short. Adam Baldwin (who was inPolitical and petulant.
I can say I have a fondness for terribly silly humour in small doses, and Manatees is at least short. Adam Baldwin (who was in both Firefly and Chuck which is worth something) was a fantastic choice as audiobook narrator. Correia has written an absolutely bonkers tale, and I admit I occasionally chuckled. The idea of an intergalactic, multidimensional Insurance Agent devoted to serving his company at all costs while maintaining perfect client satisfaction sounds new, sounds fresh...sounds like the potential for a lot of fun. And I dunno, maybe it was.
I don't mind saying that I would have tolerated the pointed, acidic (and cleverly worded) commentary had it echoed ideas more in line with my own. I like to think, though, that the smug arrogance and constant down-punching would have gotten on my nerves no matter which ideological, holier-than-thou pedestal it was being flung down from. Whether that's true or not, this got tiresome...fast. It got mean, and then doubled down on its meanness by going meta to mock readers who had not appreciated the authors' earlier works. It really ended up feeling like I stumbled onto Right Wing Capitalist Corner on the Storytime Mat, with a surprisingly grammatical but childish troll as Storyteller. And I feel like I get enough of that already in nearly every aspect of social media, so...
No matter how free Audible makes it, I won't be exploring this series any further....more
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