This is definitely not my usual fare, but some of the abundant f-bombs toward the beginning of the book were so well placed that I was literally crying, I was laughing so hard…
The story follows Charlie, a down-and-out 30-something divorced substitute teacher who lives with his cats, in the home he grew up in after his father passed away. His half-siblings resent the fact that he lives there rent-free, and barely speak to him. Nothing in his life is going well, until he learns that his long lost billionaire uncle has died, and named him his heir. The only problem is, behind his legitimate businesses, Charlie’s uncle happened to be a supervillain. And he also happened to keep tabs on Charlie, via his genetically engineered super-intelligent cats.
This is a ridiculous and irreverent romp, with tongue-in-cheek dry humor the whole way through, peppered with at times WAY too much swearing (wait till you get to the dolphins in a labor dispute), and over-the-top violence in almost comic book style. As Charlie learns the ropes of his new inheritance, I kind of glossed over the details, trusting that it all made sense, and just listening for the antics. It was entertaining, but the language was so bad that I might not read anything else by this author.
My rating: ****
Language: about as bad as it gets!
Sexual content: nothing appears on the page but there’s a lot of crude jokes
Violence: over-the-top but in Monty Python style, almost
Political content: not that I recall??
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