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The Consultant
- Narrated by: Ramiz Monsef
- Length: 12 hrs
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Summary
CompWare is in serious trouble after a promised merger falls through, so they do what other businesses have done to bolster their public image: They hire a consulting firm to review and streamline their business practices.
But there's something strange about the firm they hire - more specifically, the quirky gentleman who arrives to supervise the project: Mr. Patoff, tall and thin, wearing a bow tie, and with an odd smile that never quite reaches his eyes.
In his first interactions, the consultant asks inappropriate questions and generally seems a nuisance. Over time Patoff gains power to the point where he seems to be running the whole company. He enacts arbitrary and invasive changes to office protocol; he places cameras all over the building, causing paranoia among the workers; he calls employees at all hours of the night; and he visits some of their homes and menaces their families. People who defy the consultant get fired...or worse. The employees of CompWare soon realize they're not just fighting for their jobs: They're fighting for their lives.
The Consultant is a biting workplace satire with the horrific touches only Bentley Little could provide.
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- Stacey maxted
- 29-03-23
same plot as in the store the academy and others
I really love bentley little but I'm finding his stories are all the same sort of plot ie.a school or house weird things happening being taken over by unhuman like being some people changing ie weird sexual acts or violence etc it's the same plot in different venues and always disappointing ending saying this the writing is excellent and draws you in but it's same old same old
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- Catriona
- 09-06-19
WHAT DOES BFG STAND FOR???
Great listen, as always Little knows how to keep us on the edge of our seat guessing what crazy, supernatural, violent event will come next. Little does a great job of addressing complacency within society, testing just how much people will ignore and adapt to bizarre situations.
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- Nicki Lang
- 09-10-22
Great until the end
I have become a fan of Bentley Little but the last few books I’ve read have followed the same format. Great start and build up and then what felt like a rushed and almost childish ending where things get so unbelievable that I feel ‘ Oh, it’s happened again!’ This storyline had so much potential but the final chapters ruined it for me. Sorry, not the best.
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- Book Fan
- 13-11-15
Not the best from Bentley Little
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I enjoyed Bentley Little's Haunted very much so, I had a high expectations of his new book The Consultant. The story starts really well and I enjoyed the first half of the book but, the second half just gets silly and the end was not what I hoped or expected from this Author.
There has been times I have got to the end of a Stephen King book (IT for example) and thought what was that about? Had similar reactions to The Consultant. It is as if towards the end of the book he lost vision of where the story was going.
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- Captain Haddock
- 12-11-15
Promised So much, yet gave so little
What would have made The Consultant better?
The author writes in a very predictable way. He could have made the consultant a very dark, mysterious character, but within a few minutes of meeting him, we know he is odd, and he seems to be more like a sinister clown.
What was most disappointing about Bentley Little’s story?
The predictability of it. The gratuitous sex descriptions - these weren't necessary, and the way he took a great idea and made it half-rate and dragged it out.
What three words best describe Ramiz Monsef’s performance?
Ok, but not consistent. You can tell when he stopped for breaks.
What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?
Disappointment and boredom
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