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Title: Creative plot, abominable characters, dark and depressing
Review: The "hero" to use the author's term is a sleazy, morally empty, professionally incompetent narcissist beginning to end. He is placed in and kept in his CEO position because he was incompetent; wouldn't be a threat to either his old boss' reputation or the new owners. Of course, as a narcissist, he's completely unaware. The characters and settings are shallow and trite, including the business environment. The supporting character, a black female police officer is justification for out of place and shallow religious commentary. By the end, the hero is responsible for three unnecessary deaths and hasn't learned anything new, including anything about his children. Dark and depressing. Tough to finish; wouldn't have if I'd had something else with me. The author can write, but my guess is the mid-western business world isn't something he's familiar with so this was an awkward stretch.
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