Scalzi on villainy

I just read Starter Villain, a novel by John Scalzi. This book, full of plenty of excitement in the form of explosions, murders, and the like, is also a very sweet book. You can't help cheering on the viewpoint character, a good guy who deserves more than he has. Charlie is a substitute teacher when the book opens, but he was a business journalist until layoffs took away his job. Now, like any teacher, he's burned out as hell, And like any substitute teacher, broker than that.

Also there are cats, very smart cats, and foul=mouthed dolphins. Not to mention trillions of dollars, private islands, James-Bond-level secret weapons, and evil billionaires who want to rob the world for profit. Spoiler alert: some people get hurled into lakes.

A quick read and I loled several times. 4/5 stars.