This Is Life

This was my first real exposure to Harwood's work in audio form - despite his making his name for himself as a podcaster, I read the first book in print before checking out the podcast of this one.

It was an interesting experience, going from print to audio - Harwood uses a distinctive first-person-present voice throughout the Palms books, and it felt a little awkward at first due to it. I got over it eventually - Harwoods sense of humour and great story pacing skills overcome it easily, but for the first little bit it feels like wearing shoes on the wrong foot.

Plotwise, this book deals with the fallout of the first book: Jack comes back to San Fransisco and has to deal with the Russian mobsters that he crossed in the first book, and the sex slave ring they've established in SF.