This has been just about as terrible as expectedâand thatâs the best review I could possibly give this book. I remember Don Pendletonâs âExecutionerâ series from my bookstore days, but that was back when I was into serious artsy literary fiction because thatâs what you have to read to be a âreal writer.â Over the last several years Iâve embraced my love of pulpy genre writing. But while Loren Estleman, Robert Parker, Richard Stark, Simon Green, and anything put out under Hard Case Crime arguably all have something to offer the genre, whether itâs reinventing or just having fun, this âJoe Coppâ series is ridiculously terrible. Copp has been terrible in a dated, cliched, laughably cheesy way that would probably be taken seriously by a red pill alpha-cel. The bookâs entertaining moments or clever lines were buried by the characterâs ranting diatribes about society and how persecuted he is for being so manly and awesome. So, this will be a one-off read, as itâs exactly what I expected Pendleton to be from the covers of âThe Executioner.â #sobaditsjustbad #judgeitbythecover đđ§ #gsbbooks #gsbquotes #gasstationburrito #books #bookish #bookworm #booknerd #reading #currentlyreading #whatImreading #bookaholic #booklove #bookquotes #reading2022 #goodreads #donpendleton #coppforhire #privatedetective #pulpfiction https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm9RoocOXHA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=