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    The Oddfits

    Written by Tiffany Tsao

    Narrated by Nico Evers-Swindell

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    About this audiobook

    Eight-year-old Murgatroyd Floyd doesn't fit in-not as a blue-eyed blonde living in Singapore, not in school, and certainly not with his aloof expatriate parents, who seem determined to make his life even harder. Unbeknownst to him, there's a reason why he's always the odd boy out: he is an Oddfit, a rare type of human with access to the More Known World, a land invisible to most people. Yet unfortunate circumstances keep Murgatroyd stranded in the Known World, bumbling through life with the feeling that an extraordinary something is waiting for him just beyond reach.

    Seventeen years later, that something finally arrives when a secret organization dedicated to exploring the More Known World invites Murgatroyd on a mission. But as the consummate loser begins to grow into the Oddfit he was meant to be, the Known World becomes bent on exterminating him. For once in his underachieving life, will Murgatroyd Floyd exceed expectations and outsmart those trying to thwart his stupendous destiny?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateFeb 1, 2016
    ISBN9781511342834
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    The Oddfits
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    Tiffany Tsao

    Tiffany Tsao was born in San Diego, California, and lived in Singapore and Indonesia during her childhood and young adulthood. She is a graduate of Wellesley College and the University of California, Berkeley, where she earned a PhD in English. In addition to writing, she translates Indonesian fiction and poetry.

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    • 3/5
      The Oddfits is an interesting book about a boy who simply doesn't fit in. He not only doesn't fit in the way that some of us feel we don't from time to time, but he fits in so little that even his world doesn't really want him there. In his not fitting in, he has found those who are willing to use and abuse him for their own entertainment or benefit. Yet despite this, he has deep and abiding affection for the people in his life. The ideas are interesting, the characters well developed.
    • 3/5
      I wouldn't think a book whose main character is described as "an Oddfit, a rare type of human with access to the More Known World, a land invisible to most people" could be so boring, but somehow Tiffany Tsao managed it. I suppose this came from my own expectations that a book that's labeled literary fantasy would actually make good use of its fantasy elements. Instead we get the depressing tale of a young man whose parents inexplicably hate him and make it their life's' mission to make him as miserable and unhappy as possible without anyone (including their son) realizing. What we get are interminable scenes of the main character being tormented by his parents (and being too stupid to realize it) interspersed with long, pointless backstories for every other character in the book. There's no real action or excitement of any sort until the final chapters, which makes me think the inevitable sequel might be better, but I won't be reading it.
    • 4/5
      I found this to be an odd but engrossing book, and well worth thinking about after reading.The premise- over simplified, I'm sure!: some souls are not born into the right time and place for them. Our protagonist is one of these; he is awkward in many ways that do not endear him to others.But then- that awkwardness may well have precipitated the intentional cruelty from his parents, because, by their lights, they found him "irritating" from day 1, and bonded over their goal to make his life a living hell. At which they succeeded, and the text says "they're not bad people"- but what could be worse? It's like they had their own, private Omelas, in which their contentment was explicitly based on their son's misery. Nonetheless, their son loved them, and assumed they loved him back... until events made him look at their behavior with some objectivity.His parents even admit to him that they consciously made his life hell for their amusement... and then plead with him to stay with them since torturing him is the only thing that makes their lives worth living. To his credit, he does not. The scapegoat is utterly vital to the existence of the system... but that's certainly no reason for the scapegoat to participate! (I know my own parents marriage fell apart when I stopped being their scapegoat.)But- that's not really the point. of this novel. I am not sure what the point is- but it's fascinating, and I love the alternative worlds that sit in the cracks in our world, and most of all, I love the very different perspective compared to the cliched Western tropes.
    • 4/5
      This book made me hungry-- which was especially annoying as I was having a procedure done and was not allowed to eat after it was over. I do have to admit that I delighted in Murgatroyd Floyd's bizarre parents. Their behavior, and the food descriptions were my favorite bits.2016-read, at-least-the-writing-was-good, fantasy, i-liked-it, read, read-on-recommendation, rounded-up-in-star-rating, ya-lit
    • 5/5
      Heavens to Murgatroyd!

      What a great book! Murgatroyd Floyd has had a hard time of it. His parents take delight in finding new ways to distress him, from making his hot cocoa with salt instead of sugar, to lying that his father has cancer. His boss considers him to be her personal trained monkey and his best and only friend does all he can to keep Murgatroyd from joining the fabulous Quest. Can Murgatroyd overcome everything the Known World throws at him to finally find the home he had a taste of at the Tutti Fruity Ice Cream Parlor when he was nine?
    • 3/5
      The Oddfits is a very strange and unique book. I love the way it makes you think outside the box of reality. The plot is good and the characters are well developed. The story is about a boy that is abused by family, peers, work, and society. It just never fits in and has a chance to go to a place, a different dimension, to explore and be someone important. Everyone is trying to stop him. I would have liked it better but the constant abuse by the family was too much for me. Implying some abuse but the constant abuse was over the top, I would have liked it better without all that. Very creative story. I was given this book for a honest review from NetGalley.