Starter Villain

Just the right book for the spring cleaning day :)
Funny at times, but overall reads much as pulp fiction. The cats and dolphins ideas were interesting at first, but then it felt a bit forced.
What was the point of it all in terms of character development though? Our dear Charlie is absolutely the same person in the beginning and in the end, after having gone through a mind-blowing ordeal. And the way he takes everything in his stride and starts talking back to the most powerful (and presumably vicious) people on the planet? Hmmm...
And “cis woman”? Really? Especially when in a few more lines it's stressed that everyone else in the room are men? Why?