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Evil, Inc. Mass Market Paperback – September 30, 2008

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  • Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: Forge Books; Reprint edition (September 30, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0765355310
  • ISBN-13: 978-0765355317
  • Product Dimensions: 4.2 x 1.1 x 6.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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3.0 out of 5 starsWell Paced, if Slightly Silly, Thriller
By Thriller Lover VINE VOICE on April 16, 2008
Format: Hardcover
EVIL INC. is a decent corporate thriller that reads like a combination of Joseph Finder and James Patterson. Author Glenn Kaplan is clearly having some fun here, satirizing the excesses of amoral CEOs, and how far they're willing to go to advance their careers.

If you like your plots realistic and your characters three dimensional, you will probably be disappointed by EVIL INC, which is filled with cartoonish characters and unbelievable concidences. However, if you enjoy thrillers that brim with dark humor and satire, this novel may be worth a try. I thought it was a fun read overall, and found this book more enjoyable than the last couple of James Patterson novels I've read.

If you enjoyed EVIL INC, I heartily recommend the work of Joseph Finder, who is the master of this type of book.
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3.0 out of 5 starsAll Right, But Has Been Done Better By Other Authors
By James N Simpson on October 8, 2008
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Evil Inc has an interesting plot, albeit not a very realistic one. The book is fiction though so that's not a huge factor but what the book really misses is characters you care about. I really couldn't have cared less about Ken Olsen, even less so for his ungrateful for her life of luxury annoying meddling in his career wife Sandy, who gets her comeuppance (unfortunately so does their innocent baby). The villains, major and minor were a bit too cartoonish for my liking and like Olsen I didn't feel any emotion, hatred, hoping they'll get what they deserve or anything else. Evil Inc also misses that can't put down factor, that the leading novels in this genre have.

If you love the business thriller genre you have to check out Harry Bingham's masterpiece The Money Makers. Being Alexander by Nancy Sparling, The Boss by Stan Pottinger, CEO by Peter Ralph (not on Amazon at time of review) and Company Man as well as a lot of other work by Joseph Finder are absolute must reads. If you've ever thought about sending your resume in to a job advertisement in the paper, read Donald E Westlake's classic The Ax first!Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsMindless Fun; A Guilty Pleasure
By N. Bilmes VINE VOICE on December 23, 2008
Format: Mass Market Paperback
This book won't get any awards, or ever be used as a model for good writing, but it sure is fun! Like Joseph Finder's recent slate of bestsellers, Evil Inc. is set in the business world. The chapters are short, the dialogue is kitschy, the danger is minimal, but the book is lots of fun. You'll rip through the brief chapters and be glad you wasted a few hours with this ludicrous yet entertaining book.
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1.0 out of 5 starscrass, cheezy and then some
By donna coyote on November 8, 2013
Format: Mass Market Paperback
If you like to read in the second paragraph of a book's prologue a description of a woman thus: "she exposed her flabby belly and thighs." And next paragraph regarding her husband: "revealing his hairy paunch." Then on the first page of the first chapter: "she pushed her dark shoulder-length hair off her forehead and flashed her big brown eyes." If all that sounds like good writing to you, then by all means carry on. If you find the author unnecessarily shallow and crass so early in a book, perhaps it's time to get another book to read, as I did...(with my big brown eyes).
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3.0 out of 5 starsEntertaining, but Ham-Handed
By Matthew Erwin VINE VOICE on January 4, 2010
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Glenn Kaplan's Evil Inc. clearly takes a lot from the work of James Patterson. Quick chapters, cliffhangers etc. Sadly, it also brings the silliness and clunky writing from Patterson's style as well.

Evil Inc. is a mystery/revenge plotter featuring an entertainingly evil trio of bad guys. Out to stop them is Ken Olson, he of a dead wife and kid and Phil, his brother in law. Apparently our duo of boardroom bad guys were able to ascend the ranks of the business world by killing and shaming their competition. No one seems to notice this until the very end.

The writing is a bit clunky and relies on bows that are too neat and coincidence. Lots of people get "high-fives" at the ends of chapters and several sex scenes sound like the fantasies of fifteen year old boys, with a style of writing to match. One piece of anatomy is referred to as "her messy oblivion" for example. On the coincidence side, it is lucky that a prostitute that met the bad guy happens to be at a hotel at the moment Phil is, and also happens to be a former bank worker with several inside people! How nice!

Faults aside, it is a quick read and entertaining as long as you don't think about it too hard. You know how it will play out long before the end, but cest la vie, there are worse ways to spend a plane ride.
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4.0 out of 5 starsEntertaining reading
By Joseph Yeater on October 24, 2010
Format: Mass Market Paperback
This was the first corporate thriller/book I've read in a long time. It did not disappoint and kept me hooked until after midnight when the last page was read.

Premise is: Nice guy gets sucked up into powerful position and money, but it is a facade. He is really the scapegoat for higher powers. Guy's beautiful wife and adorable daughter die in an explosion that kills 1,000 people at his place of business.

The rest of the book is about how he goes after the people responsible with some very interesting characters assembled. Seemingly nice types but with hearts of stone who take down anyone in their path to wealth and power.

Short chapters, murder, conspiracy, excitement, people you love and people you love to hate. All this makes for a trip through the boardrooms that is exciting and fun. Everyone gets what they deserve -- good and bad -- I liked it.
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3.0 out of 5 starsjust don't get it

I rec'd the book via someone just left it on a park bench and I picked it up. So it came to me free and that's good because I am glad I didn't pay for it, it wasn't all that good. Read more

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