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Title: Simply Awful
Review: The backcover blurb about a "killing machine," a bounty hunter who is cloned to track down a notorious assassin certainly sounded intriguing. Unfortunately, it didn't take long to realize the author had pretty much wasted the interesting premise through pedestrian (and worse, at times amateurish) writing. All of the characters, except perhaps Father Christmas, are pretty annoying and cliche'ish. Father Christmas is just cliche'ish. The dialogue is inane and too often juvenile prattle, which is really bad because the book is virtually all dialogue. I think this was the first Resnick book I've read. It will be my last.
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