What captured me about this series is the humor, the story line, and the depth of the story. The book with the train stations was perhaps a tinge too complex to accommodate a smooth read, but still really good. This volume, however, read like someone trying to make a joke at the expense of someone they are angry with. The “joke” is more aggressive than funny and it comes across more of a jab than humorous. Furthering not being as funny (it happens. Sometimes shit isn’t funny) it was spiritually insensitive. (furthering – as it continues to farthen)
This volume got inappropriately offensive to Christians. Not like “Southpark” offensive where they make fun of everyone and you come to terms with it when it reaches your “turn,” so to speak,, but blasphemously inappropriate. You know those memes that say, “if you laugh at this you’re going to hell”? Fortunately, the hateful jokes aren’t funny enough to laugh at.
It almost feels like Matt D. tried to joke about something that he is literally angry at. *’Yes, it’s okay to end a sentence with a preposition if aren’t speaking Latin. It wasn’t funny; it was hurtful.
I’ll probably get the next books in the series, but I will skip ahead, thirty seconds at a time, until it isn’t hatefully trashing my religion. I won’t recommend this series anyone else. I’ve gotten two people hooked on it, but not after reading this book.