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I keep going back and forth about this one. I didn’t necessarily like it, but it wasn’t bad, really. Over the top and full of violence, which i expected , but also lots weird extraneous details - so many mentions of designer clothing and coy allusions to weird sex. The book just felt too aware of itself and like the author was trying to hard to be edgy and funny. It lost the wow factor of the first book, the crazy weirdness that kept me reading and laughing. I hated all the characters, but you expect that - they are awful people. And I feel like the twist was just silly and forced. The last book also had a crazy twist, but that one I thought was kind of awesome. All that said - I’ve decided that for me this book didn’t work, but I could see someone else loving it.

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2.0

Any meaningful bits I found in the first book were not in this one... John's ego was just too much, with no doubt about anything really. And I found the "twist" to be super predictable (maybe it wasn't supposed to be a twist?) Meh.

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4.0

Instead of putting a bullet in his nemesis Alice, John Lago puts a ring on her finger and marries her. Then, the newly weds execute a hostile takeover of HR, Inc. and they are quite successful until conflicting managements styles cause a horrible breakup. But when Alice takes on a new HR target, John has to play a part he never thought he would have to go back to: the intern. What begins as a deadly showdown becomes the two of them fighting side-by-side to save HR, Inc. - and their marriage.

Hostile Takeover by Shane Kuhn is an exciting sequel to The Intern's Handbook. It has a fantastic sense of dark humor and it's action-packed. I nearly couldn't turn the pages quickly enough to see what was just around the corner for John and Alice. This one picks up almost immediately from where the first left off and it doesn't waste any time getting up to a breakneck pace. The twists and the turns are so much fun to follow and I like seeing how John and Alice work as a team, since we've seen them at each others throats. I'm really looking forward to the next installment of this series, Shoot the Messenger! If you liked Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Office, and Dexter, I think you'll want to meet John Lago.

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