Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide To Homicide—I’m going to go out on a limb and say that it’s the title that draws you in.
As for the book itself? Ehh… It’s a cute little story about a guy who botched murdering his ex-boss, so he gets whisked away to a private institution to learn how to do it successfully. It has kind of a slap-stick comedy feel, but for me, after a while, it just got to be too long and a little bit too much.
Having said that, I do think this book will definitely appeal to a specific audience.
I mean, I get it. I do
We’ve all had that one boss—you know the one, the one that likes to keep everyone right under their richly manicured thumb. They either want to make you or break you; it just depends on the day.
My She-Devil was at this company that I had grown to love. The whole company was like one big family, until the Senior member unexpectedly died and Satan took the reins.
When you were good, you were good. It was like you were the boss’s shiny new toy, she could be really sweet and extremely generous.
But she had this narcissistic side, and suddenly you were the scum on the bottom of her brand new Louboutins. Everything you did was wrong, everything you said was wrong, sometimes even the way you looked was wrong. She could cut you down with just one look.
Yet, she could never give you an example of what it was you did; it was just wrong and you were expected to just trust her on that. Uhh… okay, crazy pants, I’ll get right on that.
Murder Your Employer, really is a work of art. I would love a peek inside the head of Rupert Holmes. I love the way that he takes an ordinary comment or situation and turns it into an absurdly funny pun. The way that he crafted this novel is really quite genius, from his quirky dry humor to the elaborate picture he paints of the entire McMasters Campus to the description of the jerk of a boss that he loathes.
They say people don’t leave bad jobs; they leave bad bosses
We used to have a running joke in the office, we were constantly going through people. If she wasn’t firing them, they were quitting. It got to the point that we couldn’t even keep up with their names. So, we, we being the rest of the office staff, would number them. If they stayed beyond the first two weeks, we would joke that this was their rookie season and that they were redshirted because she always started everyone off with a red company sweater.
If you no longer work for the devil, good for you! But, if you’re still stuck in the proverbial hell, let’s be honest, murdering your employer probably isn’t the way to go. A couple other books I recommend are Unfu*k yourself and the Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ck. I know they got me through some rather tough times.
If you haven’t already, you can buy this book here on Amazon, or get it for free when you sign up for a free trial from Audible.
Until next time my lovelies, stay brash, stay bookish and stay true to you!
