The Perfect Run

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Ryan Romano — street name Quicksave — can set a save point in time and reload it on death, plus stop time for ten seconds. He treats New Rome, the criminal capital of a rebuilding dystopian Europe, exactly like you'd treat a game with save-scumming enabled: die, laugh, reload, try the stupider option. The Deadpool-meets-Groundhog-Day pitch is accurate, but it undersells what the trilogy is actually doing — under the clowning is a man who's been alone with his power long enough to crack, and the emotional payload lands harder because of all the jokes that came before it. Some of the most memorable characters in the genre, and it's complete at three books with an ending that satisfies. Caveat: the nonstop bits undercut the early stakes, and it takes a few loops before the depth shows. Summerer splits listeners: some say he elevates the material, others call him merely competent. I'm in the elevate camp. 4.6 from 2.0K ratings.

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