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Pros & Cons
Pros
There is lots of treachery and double-dealing but charlie remains the good hearted person he always was.
As part of the uncle’s villainous machinations, a line of intelligent cats was developed. Unionizing dolphins and typing cats with enhanced intelligence. The cats are funny and the villains are villainous. Plus feed his cat hera, his best and sometime... Read More
John scalzi as usual produces a well-written, cleanly plotted story. This book doesn’t disappoint. Scalzi is one of my favorite writers.
The man struggles with murders, explosions, gunshots and talking animals. A plot that defies predicting where it ends.
Cons
The book reads like ya fiction but can't seem to pick a tone. The plot goes like a disney movie, a few twists but all very light and keen on a happy reader. The protagonist is blank and forgettable; it means that the reader can't possibly care about a... Read More
The more scalzi explains how the organization works, the more pointless it seems. Everything they do is too * to be remotely plausible. Nothing scalzi-esque about them at all.
The bad guys are comically villainous. It's a lazy, self-indulgent way to present a (so far) non-existent story. Sometimes it's simply soulless mass * without an eyeblink.
Oooooo dolphins want to organize their labor and swear a lot but for some reason really like the bland boring main character! The main character has zero personality and has a very odd (for him) way of speaking. The protagonist is completely passive a... Read More
Highlights
Quality
Great way to get away from stress and revel in typing cats pissy dolphins and unionized whales
As usual great plot development interesting characters and and a few twist and turns to make everything interesting
He had been a business reporter and then business magazines and newspapers had hit a wall and made massive cuts
Imagery is 5 stars impact 5 stars writing 5 stars pacing 5 stars
Price
If youre looking for an easy but original readlisten this is money well invested
Packaging/appearance
This story was actionpacked and had lots of animal involvement which i really enjoyed
Intelligently written it is packed with action
The beautiful executor tells him“look at it this way” morrison said
Competitiveness
This was a much better john scalzi book than the kaiju preservation society
There are giant laser rays and lava pits and rival supervillains
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When i started this book i was clueless about it
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There are times i can’t get into the selection and go to the book club meeting without having read the book
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This book was a nice break from other heavier books i’ve read recently
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I want to read some more of the authors books to see if the writing style is the same
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I wasnt sure what this book was going to be about but so glad i took a chance
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The union negotiations in particular were a spurting coffee out of my nose giggle fest
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And aljl the other characters
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It was funny and scandalous and terrifyingly relevant
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