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Interesting Times (Interesting Times #1) Kindle Edition

by Matthew Storm (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 out of 5 stars 1,664 ratings
Oliver Jones is the most dangerous man in the world.

At least, someone out there believes he is. Oliver himself thought he was one of the world's duller men, working as a financial analyst in San Francisco by day and eating microwave dinners by himself every night. That was until he befriended a stray cat, and then one lonely night the cat began to speak to him.

Now Oliver is on the run, hunted by an inhuman assassin whose client believes Oliver is the "Destroyer of Worlds." His only hope for survival rests with a trio of unlikely new allies: A werewolf with a fondness for Hawaiian shirts, an emotionless little girl who is much, much older than she appears, and a genocidal gunfighter with a serious anger management problem.

And there's that talking cat, of course. But that's a little harder to explain...
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    Interesting Times
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    228 pages
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  5. Publication date
    16 Feb. 2013
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Matthew Storm lives above a bar in Tokyo, where he is occasionally visited by a stray cat who may or may not speak.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00BGX9YVG
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cranberry Lane Press
  • Accessibility ‏ : ‎ Learn more
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 16 Feb. 2013
  • Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3.5 MB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 228 pages
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  • Book 1 of 4 ‏ : ‎ Interesting Times
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Matthew (M.J.) Storm lives in Anchorage, Alaska. He previously worked in banking and technology before deciding telling stories was more fun.

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Customers find this book to be a very enjoyable read with great characters and humor. Moreover, the plot receives positive feedback, with one customer noting how it zips along nicely. Additionally, customers appreciate the talking cat element in the story.

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32 customers mention ‘Readability’32 positive0 negative

Customers find the book very enjoyable and entertaining, particularly appreciating the adventure elements.

"Quite novel in its concept with genuinely interesting characters and a plot which just got better and better...." Read more

"...was almost instantly taken in by the characters and setting the story was almost addictive. Did not hesitate in buying the next instalment...." Read more

"Most enjoyable. Mr average dropped into weird situations without any idea of how they came about or how to get out of them." Read more

"This was a quick read, especially as some pages only had one sentence on them...." Read more

10 customers mention ‘Character development’10 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the character development in the book.

"Quite novel in its concept with genuinely interesting characters and a plot which just got better and better...." Read more

"...It was really different I loved the main characters and the humour and the fun.It was a really good entertaining read...." Read more

"...It never feels unbelievable and the characters all seem real...." Read more

"...A brilliant world full of brilliant characters...." Read more

8 customers mention ‘Humor’8 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the humor in the book.

"...If you like fantasy, subtle comedy and Hawaiian shirts, this is the book for you." Read more

"For this booked a free kindle book and I was pleasantly surprised. Love the humour and story building! Definitely worth a read..." Read more

"...It was really different I loved the main characters and the humour and the fun.It was a really good entertaining read...." Read more

"...the others in the series I loved it. I thought it was quite funny in places, and I liked Jeffrey the cat in particular...." Read more

6 customers mention ‘Plot quality’6 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the plot of the book, with one mentioning its numerous twists and another noting how it zips along nicely.

"...concept with genuinely interesting characters and a plot which just got better and better...." Read more

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"Excellent read. Dry humour and very funny, with twists and turns...." Read more

3 customers mention ‘Talkability’3 positive0 negative

Customers like the book's talkability, with one mentioning it features a talking cat.

"...Folk who love 'Refuge' would also love this..talking cats, vampires, werewolves and super feisty females. It's a LOL page turner...." Read more

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  • Amazing Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 December 2023
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    Quite novel in its concept with genuinely interesting characters and a plot which just got better and better.
    If you buy it,and I hope you do, stick with it and enjoy it.
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  • Ross Irwin
    4.0 out of 5 stars Very fun and easy and for lack of a better word interesting read.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 September 2016
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    Picked this up for free from Bookbub, was almost instantly taken in by the characters and setting the story was almost addictive. Did not hesitate in buying the next instalment. If you like fantasy, subtle comedy and Hawaiian shirts, this is the book for you.
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  • Longtime bike rider
    5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable romp amid weird happenings
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 September 2024
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    Most enjoyable. Mr average dropped into weird situations without any idea of how they came about or how to get out of them.
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  • Mrs. Bruce
    3.0 out of 5 stars O.K. for free, but a bit like a Tom & Jerry cartoon!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 10 June 2019
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    This was a quick read, especially as some pages only had one sentence on them.
    Oliver is a boring office worker but amazingly manages to make a cat talk. Suddenly he is the subject
    of an assassination attempt by a non-human because the Lizard people believe he is a danger to their
    very existence.
    He meets Tyler, who is a werewolf, though he didn't actually do anything "wolfie"! Also there was Sally
    who would rather use violence than persuasion, although it never explained why she was that way.
    Then there was Artemis, a supposed 10 year old, though she was actually over 800 years old and very
    powerful. However, this was never demonstrated. You only read that "nobody messes with Artemis", etc.

    This was rather like a Tom & Jerry cartoon in that nothing was scary and some of it was just silly with
    dialogue more suited to older children, or very young teenagers. There was not a lot of action and I found
    Oliver's sudden transition into a "powerful person" rather difficult to accept. I give the book 2.5 stars and
    will not be reading any more by this author.
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  • Kindle Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars Surprising..
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 July 2017
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    For this booked a free kindle book and I was pleasantly surprised. Love the humour and story building! Definitely worth a read...
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  • Angie T.D.
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great Fun
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 January 2015
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    I really wasn't sure what genre I was reading when I started this book,and I'm not really any the wiser now, I guess you could say its paranormal, but not like any other I've read, to me it seemed like a fairytale for adults.I don't mean because there was sex in it there wasn't .It was a wild thrilling adventure, and I loved it.It was really different I loved the main characters and the humour and the fun.It was a really good entertaining read.I don't like spoilers so can't say too much, you do have to suspend your sense of reality if you are going to fully enjoy this book, if you can do that,you will enjoy the adventure ,hopefully as much as I did.
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  • Michael Carter
    5.0 out of 5 stars Left me wanting more. Like a less weird Tom Holt
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 March 2016
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    A well-written paranormal romp. It put me in mind of a good Tom Holt novel (he's one of my favourites), but perhaps slightly less weird. While it is paranormal, and there are some familiar characters from other mythology, there are some really interesting ideas which are explained just enough to propel you through the fast-paced story. It never feels unbelievable and the characters all seem real. I did worry the 'normalness' of Oliver, the main protagonist, might be overplayed, but he developed nicely.
    Thoroughly enjoyable read whicht left me wanting more, which is fortunate... because there is more.
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  • Helen Scott
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 May 2016
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    An interesting book. Enjoyable and full of adventure. Bit slow starting, and ends with a possible hint at a follow on. Recommend this to Sci-Fi readers.
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  • martin h.
    5.0 out of 5 stars An entertaining freak show
    Reviewed in Canada on 7 July 2018
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    Thoroughly enjoyed this quirky book with its wierd cast of strange characters. Not at all the sort of book I would normally read, I was engrossed by it. Well written with an ample splash of humour and dry wit, I was entertained and amused. I shall move onto book 2 in the series immediately. Looking forward to it already.
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  • Hoener, Birgit
    4.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious and fun to read
    Reviewed in Germany on 27 April 2015
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    At first, I thought this was a book for children, not sure what made me think that, maybe the choice of words and the narration style a bit in the first chapter.
    But that very quickly changed - the story developped quickly, Oliver's life changed from boring to very interesting in a matter of hours, and the way the story is told made me chuckle frequently. Boring meets supernatural and has to cope - hilarious!
    The plot is great, the protagonists are fun and have witty dialogues, the narration style is easy and has a good flow - the only problem with this first book in a series was that it was too short.
    If you like Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett, you will like this one.
    I will definitely try and get the second one in this series.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars A +
    Reviewed in Australia on 16 May 2017
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    A fabulous dry tale of eccentric paranormals. Recommended for a rather different take on the boring doofus who never suspects his abilities that lie beneath the surface.
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  • 🐭 Miki101.Micha
    4.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining adult fairy-tale for those who...
    Reviewed in Italy on 26 October 2015
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    ... like the protagonists created by Neil Gayman, for example. Or are familiar with super-natural phenomena :-) ...
    Oliver Jones is a very simple-minded financial analyst, working with some small hedge-fund in San Francisco. His life is dull and without any surprises, it seems to him - and to the reader, too. Until one evening he talkes with the stray-cat he is as usual feeding Thai food on his windowsill - and the cat talks back! Both are very very surprised by this event! Then suddenly the life of Oliver takes always more a turn to the interesting side, when a tax-inspector tries to kill him in his office. Saved in the last second, he has to leave his dull life behind and is recruited by Artemis - who seems to be a little girl of about 10 years - to join her group. Which - in top-secret style - is saving ever since the planet plus inhabitants from strange dangers like cyborgs, now extinct...
    Sally, some kinda out-of-her-mind gunslinger and Tyler, who likes wearing - and tearing - Hawaii shirts, are his new co-workers in the San Francisco branch of a world-wide organisation, which no-one obviously knows about. Oliver's life is in great danger because a "Matriarch" of a strange unhuman "Underground culture" has forseen him as the "Destroyer of Worlds" - but before all of her own race. And Oliver has one very important power, he is not able to control : He can change realities under certain circumstances...
    This first book of the Interesting-Times series is the often hilarious story of a dull man without a life, who is hiding much more than the eye can see. My favourite protagonist is without any doubt Jeffrey, the talking cat. But all the others too have so many things and facts to hide and discover, that the reader may find a surprise on every new page. Who likes Star Trek, Doctor Who, (mostly) friendly vampires, and loathes evil man-eating creatures - AND can imagine his or her cat ordering Thai shrimps or Chow Mein for dinner - here You are right!
    I like this first of a new series by Matthew Storm - the author of the Nevada-James crime stories "Broken" and "Scars" too - very much. He writes very good, has freshly new ideas and his books never lack original twists and turns. I have now bought the second exit "Interesting Places", too and the story is very promising and always in line with the ideas the author introduced in this "fairy-tale for adults". Who likes his or her books a bit "out of the normal" will surely not be disappointed here. That's my opinion - for what it's worth :-) ...
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  • DLM
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great, Interesting, Different!
    Reviewed in the United States on 13 March 2013
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    I really, really liked this story. It was different and I was totally involved the whole time. The author does an excellent job of drawing you in and keeping you just on the edge of almost figuring things out - maybe - until the end, when you finally get it. I read the whole thing in four hours. I couldn't stop. I loved the characters - all of them. The description doesn't do the story justice. I downloaded a sample of the book - which seemed just a little slow to start because the author is building background on the main character, Oliver, and he starts out as a really, really, dull character. But,when I got to the end of the sample I was interested enough - due to the good reviews the book already had - to go ahead and buy the book. And I am so glad I did. The story immediately picked up and boom! you're into it.

    Oliver starts out as a dull guy, leading a dull, boring life, faced with a dull, uninteresting future - then a cat talks to him - Then he keeps running into a guy in a flashy Hawaiian shirt - then he has a creepy assasin after him - then he gets kidnapped by the guy in the Hawaiian shirt and a really, really angry woman and then he wakes up in a house which it turns out doesn't really exist in the here and now - and THEN things get interesting.... Oh, and the talking cat comes back into the story - and I think I like the cat the best.

    Really, just read the book. There is way too much that happens to even hint at. I hope the author writes more about this group of characters - I am all over it if he does.
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