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Dr Anarchy Series #1
Dr. Anarchy's Rules for World Domination: Or How I Became God-Emperor of Rhode Island
Dr. Anarchy is a man with a simple dream, to conquer and rule the entire world. While he has yet to achieve his goal, he has managed to become absolute lord and master of one small corner of it. This is the story of what one man was able to achieve though hard work, dedication, careful planning, unhealthy obsession, giant robots, disintegrators, remote controlled grolem dolls, a horde of disposable henchmen, killbots, an annoying cyborg ninja, and thirty-six rules every supervillain should follow! For those of you who are fans of the Waldo Rabbit Series this book also contains the short story, ‘The Rabbit and the Necromancer.’
318 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 27, 2016
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September 27, 2017
I'm a big fan of the Waldo Rabbit series of fantasy novels. I'm also someone who has made a decent living publishing novels about supervillains. So, when Nelson Chereta decided to do a book about the God Emperor of Rhode Island, I was sold from the beginning.
Still, there have been a lot of books about supervillains. There's the D-List Supervillain series, the Supervillainy Saga (which is the best), and the original Soon I Will Be Invincible. Could Nelson Chereta really add something new to it all? Well, the answer is yes. If there's a few jokes which have already done before then they're outnumbered by the easy good humor throughout.
The premise is Doctor Anarchy is a top-tier supervillain but exists in the penumbra between A-list and B-List. He's got his own island stronghold, an army of killbots, and regularly steals millions from the Cartels without consequence. Unfortunately, he's not the nemesis of his archenemy in the Dark Detective. As a running joke in the book goes, Doctor Anarchy isn't the Dark Detective's nemesis, Whiteface is. Doctor Anarchy is closer to being the Scarecrow or Elektro versus the Joker or Doctor Octopus. Not that he's willing to acknowledge it.
One day, while walking the beach on his island lair, Doctor Anarchy finds a ninja who has been left to die after having her limbs cut off. Rebuilding her stronger, faster, and more deadly--Doctor Anarchy finds himself with a lieutenant (she prefers sidekick) called Raven. This results in him getting a perky female villain who pretty much regularly trash talks him as he tries to explain why he does the things he does.
Honestly, the Doctor Anarchy/Raven relationship doesn't quite work the same way the Waldo Rabbit one does. In the Waldo Rabbit series, the protagonist's love interest has reason to call our antihero out because he's woefully ignorant about life outside of his Mordor-esque homeworld. Instead, Raven is constantly calling out Doctor Anarchy for acting like a supervillain...in a world which operates by superhero and supervillain rules.
As such, instead of coming off as the only sane woman or even Scott Evil, she kind of just comes off as ignorant. For example, at one point she freaks out for the fact he's stealing from the Cartels and he just calmly points out he's done it before when you'd think anyone living in a supervillain world (particularly one where a Doctor Doom EXPY has taken over the planet) would think of them as small potatos. It doesn't endear Raven to the reader even if she does redeem herself by the end.
Nelson Chereta makes a point that Doctor Anarchy isn't a misunderstood good guy and there's several moments he does actually evil things, albeit he does a nice job of making them so over the top you lose your sense of horror and it becomes funny. He kills the local equivalent of James Bond by accident (which you'd think he'd want to advertise given his lack of respect) and also regularly murders his "henchmen" even when they don't want to be henchmen.
Despite this, I was entertained by the book throughout. The humor is crisp, the parody fun, and there's a bunch of really good moments throughout. I also liked the climax with the alien invasion as we finally have the Dark Detective tell Doctor Anarchy what he REALLY thinks of him. Honestly, Doctor Anarchy and he should team up more often as the DD is pretty awesome.
Fans of superheroes are, of course, the people who will get the most out of this but I think the comedy is broad enough to entertain just about everyone. I also love the fact he managed to deconstruct quite a few tropes like world conquest by science god as well as the interpersonal relationships of villains. Strangely, my favorite scene in the book may just be Doctor Anarchy showing up at a civilian wedding in costume. That was awesome.
One small warning in that, like the Waldo Rabbit books, this novel is "unconventionally" edited with no indents and spaces between paragraphs. Once I got used to it, it was no problem. Those who are obsessive about grammar, though, will probably set themselves on fire with a disintegration gun.
9/10
Still, there have been a lot of books about supervillains. There's the D-List Supervillain series, the Supervillainy Saga (which is the best), and the original Soon I Will Be Invincible. Could Nelson Chereta really add something new to it all? Well, the answer is yes. If there's a few jokes which have already done before then they're outnumbered by the easy good humor throughout.
The premise is Doctor Anarchy is a top-tier supervillain but exists in the penumbra between A-list and B-List. He's got his own island stronghold, an army of killbots, and regularly steals millions from the Cartels without consequence. Unfortunately, he's not the nemesis of his archenemy in the Dark Detective. As a running joke in the book goes, Doctor Anarchy isn't the Dark Detective's nemesis, Whiteface is. Doctor Anarchy is closer to being the Scarecrow or Elektro versus the Joker or Doctor Octopus. Not that he's willing to acknowledge it.
One day, while walking the beach on his island lair, Doctor Anarchy finds a ninja who has been left to die after having her limbs cut off. Rebuilding her stronger, faster, and more deadly--Doctor Anarchy finds himself with a lieutenant (she prefers sidekick) called Raven. This results in him getting a perky female villain who pretty much regularly trash talks him as he tries to explain why he does the things he does.
Honestly, the Doctor Anarchy/Raven relationship doesn't quite work the same way the Waldo Rabbit one does. In the Waldo Rabbit series, the protagonist's love interest has reason to call our antihero out because he's woefully ignorant about life outside of his Mordor-esque homeworld. Instead, Raven is constantly calling out Doctor Anarchy for acting like a supervillain...in a world which operates by superhero and supervillain rules.
As such, instead of coming off as the only sane woman or even Scott Evil, she kind of just comes off as ignorant. For example, at one point she freaks out for the fact he's stealing from the Cartels and he just calmly points out he's done it before when you'd think anyone living in a supervillain world (particularly one where a Doctor Doom EXPY has taken over the planet) would think of them as small potatos. It doesn't endear Raven to the reader even if she does redeem herself by the end.
Nelson Chereta makes a point that Doctor Anarchy isn't a misunderstood good guy and there's several moments he does actually evil things, albeit he does a nice job of making them so over the top you lose your sense of horror and it becomes funny. He kills the local equivalent of James Bond by accident (which you'd think he'd want to advertise given his lack of respect) and also regularly murders his "henchmen" even when they don't want to be henchmen.
Despite this, I was entertained by the book throughout. The humor is crisp, the parody fun, and there's a bunch of really good moments throughout. I also liked the climax with the alien invasion as we finally have the Dark Detective tell Doctor Anarchy what he REALLY thinks of him. Honestly, Doctor Anarchy and he should team up more often as the DD is pretty awesome.
Fans of superheroes are, of course, the people who will get the most out of this but I think the comedy is broad enough to entertain just about everyone. I also love the fact he managed to deconstruct quite a few tropes like world conquest by science god as well as the interpersonal relationships of villains. Strangely, my favorite scene in the book may just be Doctor Anarchy showing up at a civilian wedding in costume. That was awesome.
One small warning in that, like the Waldo Rabbit books, this novel is "unconventionally" edited with no indents and spaces between paragraphs. Once I got used to it, it was no problem. Those who are obsessive about grammar, though, will probably set themselves on fire with a disintegration gun.
9/10
August 23, 2017
It's Venture Brothers from the perspective of the Monarch.
Yes, that's pretty much it. The world has a knockoff amalgamation of DC and Marvel superheroes and villains, but it's tone and style are very much Venture Brothers (Though the finale made me think of One Punch Man). It's a decent one off story and a good choice if someone wants a humorous story as long as you don't mind a little dark humor too.
Yes, that's pretty much it. The world has a knockoff amalgamation of DC and Marvel superheroes and villains, but it's tone and style are very much Venture Brothers (Though the finale made me think of One Punch Man). It's a decent one off story and a good choice if someone wants a humorous story as long as you don't mind a little dark humor too.
July 1, 2016
A whole lot of fun
Superhero stories - check.
Supervillains who wanted to be hero's - check.
Supervillains who enjoy their craft - yeah finally found one!
Dr. Anarchy was thoroughly enjoyable. He's good at what he does and actually is capable of learning even while being a bit in denial. After opening this one I found that it was written by the author of the Waldo Rabbit series (very much looking forward to the next one). Wonderful villains that are more than caricatures. Other fun villains: Dr Horrible, The Dark Lords Handbook.
Superhero stories - check.
Supervillains who wanted to be hero's - check.
Supervillains who enjoy their craft - yeah finally found one!
Dr. Anarchy was thoroughly enjoyable. He's good at what he does and actually is capable of learning even while being a bit in denial. After opening this one I found that it was written by the author of the Waldo Rabbit series (very much looking forward to the next one). Wonderful villains that are more than caricatures. Other fun villains: Dr Horrible, The Dark Lords Handbook.
April 17, 2024
Funny and satisfying
I really enjoy this book. You get right into the characters, and it’s very witty. At first I was wondering if it would be a series of unrelated stories. But it all comes together. And there’s a cyborg ninja. What else can someone ask for? Maybe a better written female character. The author could have skipped on the akward "blame your period" rule and the romantic interest - it feels fake/forced from the woman's point of view. But other than that, very entertaining story.
I really enjoy this book. You get right into the characters, and it’s very witty. At first I was wondering if it would be a series of unrelated stories. But it all comes together. And there’s a cyborg ninja. What else can someone ask for? Maybe a better written female character. The author could have skipped on the akward "blame your period" rule and the romantic interest - it feels fake/forced from the woman's point of view. But other than that, very entertaining story.
October 11, 2022
There's murder, mischief, malevolence, misconduct, madmen, misguided monologues and more. A fun book of debauchery and anarchy. This is dark comedy and fantastic.
September 3, 2016
I laughed so much. SO! MUCH!!!! This was a great book, I loved the characters with unholy love. It was funny. And smart! And wonderful. And epic! And there were giant robots. And douchebag superheroes!!!
August 31, 2024
So yeah, I think I have another "found for free on Audible" find here that makes me glad I signed up for the service. The title is long and it might appear to reek of poor quality, cheap self-published fiction, but it is far from that.
The story does a great job playing around with the role of supervillains in a comic book society, poking fun at some obvious tropes and making so many wonderful parody references. I mean, they are fairly deep references sometimes too. We have an obvious Batman clone, Dark Detective, which itself is a pretty great referential name, but the kicker is his secret identity, Neil Kane. Any Batman fan with a good knowledge of his history is going to notice the reference to Bob Kane, the creator of Batman, and Neil Adams, one of the most celebrated artists for the character ever. It's little details like this that really elevate this book for me.
But yeah, that aside, this is really a rather amusing read, told in little chunks that really do feel more like a script for a comic sometimes. We'll get little stories, and then some bigger ones, going back and forth, slowly building the world before we get into the big crossover event story that ends it all. As someone who used to read comics religiously, this just feels right for what it's trying to do.
I also have to commend the partnership between Dr. Anarchy and Raven. It's just so much fun watching these two get to know each other and work together to take over the world.
And of course, the rules are just so much fun. There are definitely a few good life lessons to be found among them, and the ones that are just silly are still worthy of a good laugh.
So yeah, overall I really enjoyed this and plan to check out more of Nelson Chereta's stories in the future. I believe all of the ones on Audible are free as well, so I'll probably blaze through them soon and then cry about wanting more, hehe.
The story does a great job playing around with the role of supervillains in a comic book society, poking fun at some obvious tropes and making so many wonderful parody references. I mean, they are fairly deep references sometimes too. We have an obvious Batman clone, Dark Detective, which itself is a pretty great referential name, but the kicker is his secret identity, Neil Kane. Any Batman fan with a good knowledge of his history is going to notice the reference to Bob Kane, the creator of Batman, and Neil Adams, one of the most celebrated artists for the character ever. It's little details like this that really elevate this book for me.
But yeah, that aside, this is really a rather amusing read, told in little chunks that really do feel more like a script for a comic sometimes. We'll get little stories, and then some bigger ones, going back and forth, slowly building the world before we get into the big crossover event story that ends it all. As someone who used to read comics religiously, this just feels right for what it's trying to do.
I also have to commend the partnership between Dr. Anarchy and Raven. It's just so much fun watching these two get to know each other and work together to take over the world.
And of course, the rules are just so much fun. There are definitely a few good life lessons to be found among them, and the ones that are just silly are still worthy of a good laugh.
So yeah, overall I really enjoyed this and plan to check out more of Nelson Chereta's stories in the future. I believe all of the ones on Audible are free as well, so I'll probably blaze through them soon and then cry about wanting more, hehe.
May 6, 2018
An enjoyable light read. I hope the author does more along these lines.
March 25, 2024
I imagine Sheldon as dr anarchy and the whole story takes place on The Boys set directed like Deadpool. Lol the book made me laugh...much needed laughter!
June 12, 2024
It's a fun read, if a bit disjointed. If you need something light (but somewhat violent), this is for you.
November 7, 2024
When I first stumbled across this in audiobook format, I had my hesitations. This is not a genre I normally read and to be honest chose purely out of curiosity, but had my metaphorical finger hovering over the DNF button before I even started.
I was so wrong. This was an amazing book. The writing, the characters, the narration. All of it. Amazing. Honestly the best way I can describe the main character is he is like the character Megamind, but for adults.
This has easily made it's way to my top 5 favorite books of the year!
I was so wrong. This was an amazing book. The writing, the characters, the narration. All of it. Amazing. Honestly the best way I can describe the main character is he is like the character Megamind, but for adults.
This has easily made it's way to my top 5 favorite books of the year!
July 10, 2016
Not Bad
It's no Soon I Will Be Invincible, but it is a fun and spirited take on the life of a super villain. Oddly, very little of the plot is actually relevant, but almost all of it is entertaining.
Well worth it for fans of supers, comedies, or gray-spectrum morality settings.
Various proofreading errors reduced the rating.
It's no Soon I Will Be Invincible, but it is a fun and spirited take on the life of a super villain. Oddly, very little of the plot is actually relevant, but almost all of it is entertaining.
Well worth it for fans of supers, comedies, or gray-spectrum morality settings.
Various proofreading errors reduced the rating.
April 17, 2017
An interesting look at villainy
If you're a fan of comic books, this is the story for you! It shows you the other side of those crazy superhero battles. Seeing it from the side of the bad guy is a lot of fun. As is trying to figure out which comic book characters he's referencing under new names. A fun read.
If you're a fan of comic books, this is the story for you! It shows you the other side of those crazy superhero battles. Seeing it from the side of the bad guy is a lot of fun. As is trying to figure out which comic book characters he's referencing under new names. A fun read.
June 22, 2016
Very funny and enjoyable. There's been a number of books in the last couple of years from the villain's perspective such as d list supervillain series but this one certainly stand out from the crowd. The small chapter and update to the waldo rabbit series was a nice addition too.
July 27, 2016
This is an easy read about a supervillian with an IQ200 and a love of building killbots. When he acquires a new henchperson he doesn't realise how things are about to change for him. The book doesn't take itself too seriously which makes it a enjoyable no-stress read.
July 23, 2017
Not quite up to D-List Supervillain level but an entertaining read if a bit uneven at times. There really aren't enough decent successful villain stories. :)
July 22, 2017
This book are for those who curse when they see Lex Luthor fail to kill super man, who cry when the joker gets caught, and who like ray beams.
Plot: Michael Jackson aka Dr. Anarchy has a IQ of two hundred and has dreams of ruling the world while holding his arch-nemesis over a vat of acid. After taking a brief walk through his new island fortress Dr Anarchy recruits an ninja with a slight physical problem and introduces his newest minion to the world of super villains.
Characters: I found doctor Anarchy a bit sad, which I guess is the main point. He is basically a man child who never grew out of being twelve. He is not the joker, but more of a Dr Octopus. He prefers the dramatics of being a villain than the actual being bad. I can't help but think that if he hadn't chosen to be a villain he could have been ruling the world.
Raven. The main female character is more the logic and level headed of the pair. She often is left trying to explain to her employer that his plans often don't make sense or that it would be much easier just to kill people execution style and not have them run through, say, a labyrinth full of traps.
Grammar. This is where we take a nose dive off a bridge. The author spent years on this book and there are such stupid errors. Double wording, She instead of He. I feel as though the author wrote this using a tablet, the auto correct was set too high and there are so stupid mistakes in this that it destroyed the mood. I just feel that he should have gone over this again. He should have printed this off and spoke it aloud in the bath or something.
Overall: I liked this book. It made me laugh, I found it enjoyable. I hate superhero books but I enjoyed this. It reminds me of C.T. Phipps - The Rules of Supervillainy The Supervillainy. King Oblivion PhD - The Supervillain Handbook. And Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman.
Plot: Michael Jackson aka Dr. Anarchy has a IQ of two hundred and has dreams of ruling the world while holding his arch-nemesis over a vat of acid. After taking a brief walk through his new island fortress Dr Anarchy recruits an ninja with a slight physical problem and introduces his newest minion to the world of super villains.
Characters: I found doctor Anarchy a bit sad, which I guess is the main point. He is basically a man child who never grew out of being twelve. He is not the joker, but more of a Dr Octopus. He prefers the dramatics of being a villain than the actual being bad. I can't help but think that if he hadn't chosen to be a villain he could have been ruling the world.
Raven. The main female character is more the logic and level headed of the pair. She often is left trying to explain to her employer that his plans often don't make sense or that it would be much easier just to kill people execution style and not have them run through, say, a labyrinth full of traps.
Grammar. This is where we take a nose dive off a bridge. The author spent years on this book and there are such stupid errors. Double wording, She instead of He. I feel as though the author wrote this using a tablet, the auto correct was set too high and there are so stupid mistakes in this that it destroyed the mood. I just feel that he should have gone over this again. He should have printed this off and spoke it aloud in the bath or something.
Overall: I liked this book. It made me laugh, I found it enjoyable. I hate superhero books but I enjoyed this. It reminds me of C.T. Phipps - The Rules of Supervillainy The Supervillainy. King Oblivion PhD - The Supervillain Handbook. And Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman.
February 15, 2018
This book is a riot.
I bought it in audio format, which I highly recommend because it is one of the better performed books in my audio library.
The book does an excellent job with characters and world building. I certainly hope there will be a sequel. I thought the names of the superheroes and villains were pretty good too. I find it endlessly amusing that there is a costumed villain known as "Super Mugger" in this universe.
The relationship between Dr. Anarchy and his sidekick Raven is very entertaining. Raven is a useful exposition character, and some of the book is written from her POV. She is one of the snarkiest characters I have ever come across and most of her jokes land. She excels in deflating Dr. Ego, er, I mean Dr. Anarchy, whenever he starts getting too full of himself. That being said, she has some emotional baggage of her own that needs working out during the the book's dramatic climax.
I am a huge fan of this book, and I have listened to it about a half dozen times in the last two months.
I bought it in audio format, which I highly recommend because it is one of the better performed books in my audio library.
The book does an excellent job with characters and world building. I certainly hope there will be a sequel. I thought the names of the superheroes and villains were pretty good too. I find it endlessly amusing that there is a costumed villain known as "Super Mugger" in this universe.
The relationship between Dr. Anarchy and his sidekick Raven is very entertaining. Raven is a useful exposition character, and some of the book is written from her POV. She is one of the snarkiest characters I have ever come across and most of her jokes land. She excels in deflating Dr. Ego, er, I mean Dr. Anarchy, whenever he starts getting too full of himself. That being said, she has some emotional baggage of her own that needs working out during the the book's dramatic climax.
I am a huge fan of this book, and I have listened to it about a half dozen times in the last two months.
April 7, 2025
This was a short satire novel poking fun at all the Marvel/DC/Superhero sort of stuff and it was good at that. I laughed out loud a few times and generally enjoyed the read. There are only 2 main characters whose story we get through a series of vignettes, a weird main character who I didn't especially like and an outsider/straight man sort of character who was brilliant and used to good comedic effect.
The plot is fine although the ending gave Red Alert 2 vibes and I wouldn't be surprised if the author was a libertarian given the long, long interview the main character gave on legalising and deregulating everything to create a utopia at the end.
The narration was good and I felt the voices were nicely distinct with only one or two small production blips.
Was it a bit silly or juvenile? Yes. Was it an easy read that occasionally made me laugh? Also yes.
The plot is fine although the ending gave Red Alert 2 vibes and I wouldn't be surprised if the author was a libertarian given the long, long interview the main character gave on legalising and deregulating everything to create a utopia at the end.
The narration was good and I felt the voices were nicely distinct with only one or two small production blips.
Was it a bit silly or juvenile? Yes. Was it an easy read that occasionally made me laugh? Also yes.
April 20, 2018
4.5 stars.
Last year I discovered the series of YA books "Please don't tell my parents" and love them. This book almost feels like a grown ups version. It was a down right funny and enjoyable romp through the mind of Dr. Anarchy. He's a super-genius inventor who wants to rule the world, just as any real supervillian wants to.
However, he lives by a strict list of "rules of villainy". This makes him Lawful Evil on in the alignment scale. This means most Superheros do not find him that much of a threat, which he does not understand and he keeps getting upset when his Nemesis does not acknowledge him as such in return.
I found myself laughing throughout this entire book and have a strong feeling that this will be a returned to often book for when I need a pick-me-up.
Last year I discovered the series of YA books "Please don't tell my parents" and love them. This book almost feels like a grown ups version. It was a down right funny and enjoyable romp through the mind of Dr. Anarchy. He's a super-genius inventor who wants to rule the world, just as any real supervillian wants to.
However, he lives by a strict list of "rules of villainy". This makes him Lawful Evil on in the alignment scale. This means most Superheros do not find him that much of a threat, which he does not understand and he keeps getting upset when his Nemesis does not acknowledge him as such in return.
I found myself laughing throughout this entire book and have a strong feeling that this will be a returned to often book for when I need a pick-me-up.
August 21, 2017
this is the 3rd comedy book about a super villain that I've read. it's as good as "soon I will be invincible" and nearly as good as "Emperor Mollusk versus The Sinister Brain".
there is going to be some overlap with all 3 due to the subject matter, and you're always going to like your first one a little better no matter which of these you read first.
Nelson Chereta tries a few things the other guys hadn't, but also recycles a few jokes cribbed from older sources so it's a toss up.
basically, if the title cracks you up, this is the right book for you because the name says exactly what it is.
there is going to be some overlap with all 3 due to the subject matter, and you're always going to like your first one a little better no matter which of these you read first.
Nelson Chereta tries a few things the other guys hadn't, but also recycles a few jokes cribbed from older sources so it's a toss up.
basically, if the title cracks you up, this is the right book for you because the name says exactly what it is.
August 28, 2017
Funny, creative and juvenile (in a good way!)
Say you're a scientist with an IQ of 200. You are good with machines and money is no object. what do you do?
You get yourself a cyber-ninja, a killer maze (lions included), a robot with machine saw hands and confront your nemesis... who doesn't think of you as his nemesis, in fact you are one of his top regulars but lets not commit to anything ok! He has someone else but he values you...
Think of it as a cute doc oc meets Batman and tries to get in on his relationship with the joker.
The humor and satire shines here... as well as the twisted logic. Cheesy, light hearted and hilarious. this one is 5 stars all around!
Say you're a scientist with an IQ of 200. You are good with machines and money is no object. what do you do?
You get yourself a cyber-ninja, a killer maze (lions included), a robot with machine saw hands and confront your nemesis... who doesn't think of you as his nemesis, in fact you are one of his top regulars but lets not commit to anything ok! He has someone else but he values you...
Think of it as a cute doc oc meets Batman and tries to get in on his relationship with the joker.
The humor and satire shines here... as well as the twisted logic. Cheesy, light hearted and hilarious. this one is 5 stars all around!
September 4, 2018
THIS is how to have proper supervillain MC. Not some fake villain in name only who only steals and never hurts innocents like thosr mcs in forging hephaestus and supervillainy saga who are really juat anti heroes.
While this mc doesnt go out of his way to hurt innocents and even has his 'good deeds'. He DOES have civilian deaths and massive collateral damage on his resume, as a bona fide proper villain.
Soon I will be invincible had a proper villain but only went halfway with half the pov being a boring hero. This goes full bore and is precisely how a supervillain book should be, not what amounts to false advertising as in the first 2 books i mentioned.
While this mc doesnt go out of his way to hurt innocents and even has his 'good deeds'. He DOES have civilian deaths and massive collateral damage on his resume, as a bona fide proper villain.
Soon I will be invincible had a proper villain but only went halfway with half the pov being a boring hero. This goes full bore and is precisely how a supervillain book should be, not what amounts to false advertising as in the first 2 books i mentioned.
November 19, 2017
I listened to the audio.
This book is a spoof on the comic book genre and is amusing throughout since it neither takes itself seriously nor does the author expect the reader to. As a result, I would call this a fun, popcorn book which serves well in the audio format. If you read these kinds of books, it is sort of like Emperor Mollusk vs. the Sinister Brain.
I was just slightly unsatisfied with the conclusion but on the whole I'd recommend the book to readers who a) are into the comic book genre and b) don't want to think too much in their reading. A nice break book.
This book is a spoof on the comic book genre and is amusing throughout since it neither takes itself seriously nor does the author expect the reader to. As a result, I would call this a fun, popcorn book which serves well in the audio format. If you read these kinds of books, it is sort of like Emperor Mollusk vs. the Sinister Brain.
I was just slightly unsatisfied with the conclusion but on the whole I'd recommend the book to readers who a) are into the comic book genre and b) don't want to think too much in their reading. A nice break book.
July 15, 2022
Oh my goodness.
This was such a fun read/listen. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute. I’m not a super hero/evil villain fanatic, but this book was so fun. Dr. Anarchy’s never ending monologue was hilarious. For some reason it gave me Powerpuff Girl vibes - even though most evil villains give ridiculously long monologues.
The ninja side kick, hilarious. And I’ll just leave my review at that because I don’t want to spoil anything. I loved this book - for everything it was supposed to be, it was perfectly done.
This was such a fun read/listen. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute. I’m not a super hero/evil villain fanatic, but this book was so fun. Dr. Anarchy’s never ending monologue was hilarious. For some reason it gave me Powerpuff Girl vibes - even though most evil villains give ridiculously long monologues.
The ninja side kick, hilarious. And I’ll just leave my review at that because I don’t want to spoil anything. I loved this book - for everything it was supposed to be, it was perfectly done.
May 21, 2025
I enjoyed this book. It feels like a crossover between the Venture Brothers and DC, but from the point of view of one of Batman's villains, except a super smart one who has some Asperger's tendencies but probably isn't Asperger's. And there's a sexy ninja henchman with robotic arms for some reason.
The part with the alien invasion which is near the end is pretty good.
Most of the rest would have been better 20 years ago. At this point a lot of the jokes have been done in other places so they didn't feel fresh.
The part with the alien invasion which is near the end is pretty good.
Most of the rest would have been better 20 years ago. At this point a lot of the jokes have been done in other places so they didn't feel fresh.
March 19, 2020
What a fun book! This is not a book I would have picked up on my own. I'm glad I was recommended this book and I'm glad I went through with it.
Nelson Chereta seems to have had a great time writing this book because it shows! The writing is a fluid, fun, quirky beast with a goal to amuse, incite and mock. Eric Martin is no slouch himself, he's had a gala time with it and I absolutely, thouroughly enjoyed the book, reveled in the the story and adored the narration.
Excellent read / listen!
Nelson Chereta seems to have had a great time writing this book because it shows! The writing is a fluid, fun, quirky beast with a goal to amuse, incite and mock. Eric Martin is no slouch himself, he's had a gala time with it and I absolutely, thouroughly enjoyed the book, reveled in the the story and adored the narration.
Excellent read / listen!
December 23, 2017
A good light superhero book. While there are many recognizable elements of the superhero genre, the combination and perspective create a unique story different from any other I've read. Recommended if you enjoy stories like D List Supervillain, where the protagonist is neither sadistic nor heroic, but out to do his own thing regardless of the law. Also, ninjas!
May 15, 2018
This was enjoyable and funny.
I had a laugh at Superman, Batman, and the other heroes that were "NOT" in this book.
If you like comics, you would like this novel.
3.5/5 Stars
I had a laugh at Superman, Batman, and the other heroes that were "NOT" in this book.
If you like comics, you would like this novel.
3.5/5 Stars
October 9, 2023
This was an overall enjoyable read, but there's not really anything about it that stands out as original or groundbreaking. I've read quite a few of these supervillain stories now and this is about as bog standard and familiar story as you'll find.
It's not poorly written, it just adds nothing new to the genre that makes this with reading.
It's not poorly written, it just adds nothing new to the genre that makes this with reading.
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