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A review by suggsygirl
The Payback by Simon Kernick
4.0
I actually feel a bit bad giving this book 4 out of 5 and the previous book I read, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong, only 3. But I've realised in my time of reading (since I was old enough to read and spent hours under the covers with a torch reading Roald Dahl) that no matter what other people think of a book, it's your reading experience that counts. I know this book is low brow and basically a blockbuster action movie in book form, I know I don't need to use my brain, or feel that the book might change my life. I just enjoyed reading it. I wanted to know what happened to the characters and wanted the bad guys to get their comeuppance in the end. I wanted fight scenes and stop-or-I'll-shoot and that's what I got. My life is not changed, I've learned nothing, but I was entertained.