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A review by thebookwormsfeast
Off to Be the Wizard by Scott Meyer
5.0
I guess this review could be seen as “contains spoilers”, but I don’t believe I have said any more than what the blurb reveals on the books goodreads page.
I read Off To Be The Wizard on my Kindle, so I don’t really know how big a book it is (I’ve thought I was reading a book I could burn through in a few days once, and it turned out to be a mammoth of a book), but I really enjoyed it. The pace is rather fast, and the writing rather to the point, but I picture this as a small book and rather believe the pace suits it.
We follow Martin Banks throughout, and jump straight into the story. There is no ambling along to set everything up prior to getting down to nitty-gritty. We meet him just as he makes his discovery that reality is nothing more than a computer program, and he has just found the file to manipulate it however he wants (as long as he can program it).
He gets caught out “tweaking” his bank balance and, rather than face the authorities, he uses the file to travel back in time to where they can never reach him. The time he chooses is Medieval England.
From here we follow him attempting to pose as a wizard with the use of the file (accessing it via his phone), discovering that King Arthur’s court exists in the time he has travelled back to, and generally trying not to die.
Off To Be The Wizard made me laugh on more than one occasion, and I am looking forward to reading the rest in the series.
I read Off To Be The Wizard on my Kindle, so I don’t really know how big a book it is (I’ve thought I was reading a book I could burn through in a few days once, and it turned out to be a mammoth of a book), but I really enjoyed it. The pace is rather fast, and the writing rather to the point, but I picture this as a small book and rather believe the pace suits it.
We follow Martin Banks throughout, and jump straight into the story. There is no ambling along to set everything up prior to getting down to nitty-gritty. We meet him just as he makes his discovery that reality is nothing more than a computer program, and he has just found the file to manipulate it however he wants (as long as he can program it).
He gets caught out “tweaking” his bank balance and, rather than face the authorities, he uses the file to travel back in time to where they can never reach him. The time he chooses is Medieval England.
From here we follow him attempting to pose as a wizard with the use of the file (accessing it via his phone), discovering that King Arthur’s court exists in the time he has travelled back to, and generally trying not to die.
Off To Be The Wizard made me laugh on more than one occasion, and I am looking forward to reading the rest in the series.