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Odd Jobs (2013)

by Ben Lieberman(Favorite Author)

3.43 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

147780756X (ISBN13: 9781477807569)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Thomas & Mercer

review 1: Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged. - Samuel JohnsonKevin Davenport is an unlikely protagonist in this tale of revenge. He does anything (and everything) to get back at the people responsible for the hit-and-run death of his D.A. father and his little sister.The scenes in the meatpacking plant were over-the-top, nauseating, or darkly comedic.The Tongue Room in all its glory, mobsters, dealing drugs, bookmaking, shades of "Fight Club," romance, Loot and Carey, darkly funny passages followed by just plain dark prose - all wrapped together to bring us readers a grand reading experience.This book reminded me on many ways of one of my favorites - "Beat the Reaper" by Josh Bazell. Same tongue-in-cheek humor intertwined w... moreith darkness.This is a definite recommendation to read from me.NOTE: I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
review 2: This was rough...you could tell it was written by a new author ( but still better than I could do!). Interesting plot but seem to be never ending. Similar reviews mentioned switch in plot when main character started into his criminal phase. It was hard to sympathize with "done and out " character when he was a bookie and selling drugs. After explaining himself to his "girlfriend" it did get better but I never really wanted to finish it. I did but had to force myself ...not as bad as the novels I would just quit reading! less

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