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Boomtown by Greg Williams, The Overlook Press

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3.0

Interesting story, although it stumbles a bit as the writer tries to infuse profanity at awkward moments. I'm not against salty language, but he reminds me of being 12 or 13 and, having just learned some new cuss words, you wait for the first chance to wedge it into a sentence whether it works or not. Then again, Gary Vaynerchuk spends every waking moment doing that so maybe it's a thing.

The ending was the worst part of the book as he tries to quickly (in 2 pages) pack in a missed opportunity / where are they now montage that would have been better suited developed over the last few chapters, not pages.
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