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A review by crookedtreehouse
Dying is Easy #1 by Joe Hill
1.0
This comic is an embarrassingly bad misstep by a talented writer.
Set sort of kinda in the 90s, it's about a standup comic who maybe, but probably not, kills a comic for stealing jokes. The plot, itself, isn't awful, but Hill decided to go "edgy" by having all his characters spout problematic dialogue. It all lands flat. It's not creative. It's not funny. It's not interesting. And it doesn't ring true for how people talk. I'm going to assume, based on an offhand remark about being unpopular because of wearing "a Yankees cap", that it's supposed to take place in Boston.
As someone who grew up in MA during the 90s, and has lived in Boston for over 20 years, I can tell you that there are only six people in this state who talk like that, and five of them are Bill Burr.
Skip this trashfire, and go read his brilliant [b:Locke & Key|26225895|Locke & Key|Joe Hill|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1441385552l/26225895._SX50_.jpg|46920430] series. Despite it being a horror fantasy book, it's much more believable than this dreck.
Set sort of kinda in the 90s, it's about a standup comic who maybe, but probably not, kills a comic for stealing jokes. The plot, itself, isn't awful, but Hill decided to go "edgy" by having all his characters spout problematic dialogue. It all lands flat. It's not creative. It's not funny. It's not interesting. And it doesn't ring true for how people talk. I'm going to assume, based on an offhand remark about being unpopular because of wearing "a Yankees cap", that it's supposed to take place in Boston.
As someone who grew up in MA during the 90s, and has lived in Boston for over 20 years, I can tell you that there are only six people in this state who talk like that, and five of them are Bill Burr.
Skip this trashfire, and go read his brilliant [b:Locke & Key|26225895|Locke & Key|Joe Hill|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1441385552l/26225895._SX50_.jpg|46920430] series. Despite it being a horror fantasy book, it's much more believable than this dreck.