I give this two stars for some aspects in the beginning. I thought the setup was decent. The tension between Rambo and Teasle was interesting, and I think reflects the time. I was also overall fine with the humanization of Teasle. There generally aren’t 100% heartless villains in real life, as much as we’d like there to be because it makes people easier to hate. I even liked Teasle’s conversation with his ex wife at the end. It was a bright spot within a bunch of nonsense. I also appreciated that overall the book acknowledged the body count as distressing.

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