Rather than building on The Price You Pay it essentially reiterates it. A bit disappointing

I was already sold with "Nick Harkaway has a new pen-name" and knew it would be really good when my wife kept laughing while she was reading it - you'd think I'd be prepared since that's not typical for her.

This is the funniest crime novel I have ever read, the writing is amazing.

To say that this is an interesting book would be an understatement. There’s a lot going on at all time, and that’s mostly because the narrator is unhinged and perhaps the most infamous fictional criminal mastermind. The writing takes a bit getting used to, it’s very non-sequential and you’re often bouncing around between many different streams of thought at once, sometimes making it difficult to parse out what’s happening in real life. That being said, it’s a really funny book with a really interesting cast of characters, including but not limited to, a sex crazed genius doctor and an evil little child training to be a mercenary.

I had originally read about 80 pages of this book then decided to drop it, but I came back to it and am glad I did. The scenarios Aidan Truhen creates is absurdity at its best. There are also some pretty funny jabs at the swiss, germans and italians which are always appreciated.

To be honest I don’t think I would recommend this book to many people. Not because I didn’t have a fun time reading it but rather it’s a bit abrasive in its content matter (a lot of references to sex, murder and other profane topics). All of which I think greatly enhanced the book and added to the world of the criminal underworld the ‘Seven Demons’ inhabit. Although these factors were really enjoyable, I can also see why it would detract from most readers experience.

TLDR: funny book, unhinged stream of consciousness and a lot of profane topics and imagery. 8.5/10

Not great. Tries too hard to be funny and cool.

It's well written but I found it a bit confusing and the story fell flat.
Not my cup of tea.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine