Review: Bizarre Premise, good writing, definitely worth a look
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 12, 2014
If you are a booklover the premise behind this book will definitely get you to smile.  Afterall what bookworm can't picture a group of bored workers taking the time to form a discussion group to discuss and rate books they have read?  I can imagine that for many bookworms this would be in some ways a dream.Of course, Danny King made it a sideline to a nightmare since the main character and his book loving friends are all paid henchmen working for some of the least effective mad scientist/megalomanic personalities ever written.  The book club is shown first as a way to stave off boredom, but slowly morphs into something more over the course of the book.Overall, I liked the characters and the idea.  The employers are rather faceless, but since the focus on the book is on the main character who is the founding member of the book club, that is understandable.  I did find that the superspy characters who offer a counterpoint to the anti-hero henchmen were overdone and just less than interesting.It's a good book for book lovers and does look at the position of henchman in a new way.  I will warn that the book drags out the plot far longer than it needed to.  The action scenes are also a bit flat, which surprised me since the writing is first person and that should have given more impact to those scenes.Call it a high 3 star, which I'll generously round up to 4 as this book does try to go where few tales would wander.  I am interested to see what Danny writes next.