Description:
“The
name’s Case. No first name. He is a man among men and therefore
only one name is sufficient. Women want to smack him – men want to
smack him, too, just harder. Join Case on his epic travels through
multiple literary genres as he ruins horror, space-adventure, noir
detective, spy-thriller, westerns, classics of literature, pop
culture icons and more with his own unique panache.”
Authors:
Three
people who write a bunch. Want more?
K.S. Brooks
has written everything from thrillers to children’s books (I count
eleven, not including those where she was a coauthor or contributing
author, which adds another handful – the number of fingers on Honey
Boo Boo’s hand if you count this book).
Stephen
Hise is the author of the suspense novel Upgrade
and has contributed to several others including Creepier
by the Dozen, a short story
anthology written by Hise, his son, and his daughter. He’s also the
founder and (with Brooks) the co-administrator of the Indies Unlimited website.
JD Mader
has two novels to his credit, a short story collection, and a
collection of essays to scare any dad-to-be, You
Hate Me Because I’m Pregnant
(a survival guide for expectant dads). He’s also contributed to and
co-written several others.
Appraisal:
Humor may
be dependent on the reader, but if you can’t laugh at this book,
you must have had a funny-bone-ectomy as a child. The laughs started
with a disclaimer that begins …
Bad Book
meets or exceeds the recommended daily allowance of vowels and
consonants, and is safe and effective when used as directed. Use of
Bad Book in any manner inconsistent with its intended purpose
nullifies its warranty, which is neither expressed nor implied.
… and
finishes with, “If you experience an erection that lasts more than
four hours, congratulations.” It only gets better from there. As
the hero (villain, idiot, or at least protagonist) Chase bounces from
genre to genre the authors poke fun at every one with references to
the wild (or is it mild) old west and even the books J.K. Rowling
wrote before The Casual
Vacancy.
I felt a
tap on my shoulder and tottered around to see some geezer dressed in
a long gown and a pointy hat like that old dude in that book about
that weird little kid that goes off to some magical school to find a
ring. What’s the name of that thing again – “Hobbits Take
Manhattan,” or something like that.
How could
you go wrong for less than a dollar to get your own copy of the
Kindle Edition. (Hurry, they may try to cash in on the critical
acclaim and bump the price up to three digits. Even split three ways,
they’ll be hundredaires in no time.)
FYI:
Added for Reprise Review: Bad
Book was a nominee in the
Humor category for B&P 2014
Readers' Choice Awards.
Original review ran June 25, 2013.
Approximate
word count: 50-55,000 words
Format/Typo
Issues:
No
significant issues
Rating:
***** Five stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
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