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IQ by Joe Ide 100%




This is a book whose parts are better than the whole. 

The good:  characters, language, metaphors, action, humor, and a fantastic reader on audible.

The not-so-good.  SPOILERS FOLLOW

The denouement is a little clunky.  IQ and Dotson take out the hit man in a parking lot with the help of a roll of tar paper (?). The villain in the inner circle was the most obvious from the beginning, and his henchman was someone I barely remembered.  The final 15 pages were a bit of a yawner, and the hit-and-run killer of Marcus isn't tracked down, which is an odd loose thread. 

I'd read another by Joe Ide.


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