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You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But it Helps (2007)

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1841492841 (ISBN13: 9781841492841)
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little, brown book group

You Don't Have To Be Evil To Work Here, But It Helps (2007) - Plot & Excerpts

This is a follow-on from The Portable Door, but could probably be read on its own. Hapless Brit becomes involved with magic, gods, random heroes and bureaucracy, finds frustration, danger and love. I really should post a couple of the contract provisions for selling your soul to the Devil, which are all too plausible. It's a book that requires being read out loud to whoever else is around--not least because they'll be wanting to know what you're giggling at.Due warning, though. If this particular subgenre of Brit humour doesn't do it for you, you probably won't get on with Holt's contemporary books at all. All the same, consider checking out his Greek historical novels, which have a more mordant humour and make full use of the grim and grotty aspects of life in the classical world.

3.5 starsFrom the book: "If charmed quarks and electric eels exist, then why shouldn't magic? Probably it's all just science that we haven't found out about yet."A business is in trouble, so the owner finds a solution, makes a decision, tells his son.They let every employee go, with severance and hire people who don't want to be paid,will work 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week, no complaints, no holidays, no sick days, etc.Magicians (real ones) are intermediaries who bring in these solutions. But it's expensive, very expensive.[Warning: Just in case it bothers you, various swear words are used occasionally, including the "F" word.]It's funny, about True Love, but not a Romance!________There are errors..

What do You think about You Don't Have To Be Evil To Work Here, But It Helps (2007)?

I really enjoyed this book. It's not 'deep literature' by any stretch of the imagination - and as such was absolutely perfect reading for a rather stressful 'silly season' over Christmas and New Year.I actually found myself chuckling a few times while reading it, and though I found the ending a little confusing, just sat myself down, held on and enjoyed the ride! Sometimes you read the right book at the right time... and this piece of fluff was timed perfectly for me!I've never read a Tom Holt novel before but I will definitely watch out for his other works in the future.
—Lynn

This is the second Tom Holt book I've read and I was entertained by both. If we could do partial star ratings, I'd actually give this a 3.5. As with the other book of his I read, this book started off slow. Unlike books like Harry Potter or the Sookie Stackhouse series, which lay a groundwork for the level of fantasy and magic in book 1 and build off of that in subsequent books, each of Holts books stands alone and so there's a long period where you find out what part of this world is just like reality and which parts are a little hinky and that bit of this book was a rather dry. The pace picked up later in the book and it ended up being a fun if silly read.
—Marnie

This is the second Tom Holt book I've read, and I'd review it the same as the first. Holt tries to be a set-in-the-modern-world Pratchett, but he can't quite measure up. The jokes and quirkiness are a little forced, and the plot gets lost in convoluted or unexplained twists. Holt seems to think that setting his fantasy stories in the "real" world means he doesn't have to set up a magic system, but this just creates a confusing and unfinished-seeming setting. Entertaining enough (and I DO love the dig at true love that this entire novel takes), but nothing worth getting excited about.
—Al

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