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I had high hopes for this novel, but I have to say that I had a hard time sticking with it. The premise is interesting and one I have seen variations of in other novels recently. I found the book to be slow moving and the characters a bit dull.

I don't think Jacob is necessarily a bad or evil person .. but perhaps down on his luck and looking for an easy way out of the day to day doldrums of life. Stealing "The Plot" of his deceased student's book seems to him like an answer to his problems, if he doesn't get caught!

The character of the student Evan was mediocre and could have been more detailed which may have contributed to the story.

I wish the characters had been focused on and developed more than the author giving detailed descriptions of miscellaneous settings and objects.

The book is by no means a total flop and may definitely be of interest to some, just not for me!