Monster Hunter International

Late review, don't quite remember. Started off with an action scene, but that can be overlooked. The main character is an asshole, that never goes well unless you make up with other positive point in the novel.

He is something of the best marksman in the country, one of the most intelligent people, one of the best fighters, and still he just wants a desk job with nothing to do.

The prose was fine right until he time the history fell into known and disliked cliches, then I stopped reading:
- the hero likes a girls who likes another guy. The hero dislikes the guy and tries to show the girl her boyfriend is a jerk and she would be better of with him.
- in the meantime, the hot stripper likes the hero. He will likely use the situation to make the girl he likes jealous. I didn't quite read this, but I'm pretty sure where this was going.
- the hero antagonizes the girl's boyfriend, who seems like a pretty good guy, but starts acting like an asshole as well when confronted. But since the hero is bigger, stronger, more intelligent, better fighter, better marksman, has a bigger dick... what exactly are we suppose to empathize with here?

The story showed potential. An international organization of monster hunters, founded over a century ago. There is conflict with the FBI's division of monster hunters, there is legislation in the way, a mysterious TPK (total party kill) among them a few years ago.

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