Actual rating - 3.25 stars. But I feel bad that all the other ratings are low, so I rounded up.

Ha.

This book wasn't epic or incredible or moving and poignant.

But it gave me a lot of giggles on a night when I desperately needed giggles, and for that, it gets a rounded up four-star rating.

The premise is very amusing. A bored (and boring), pretty unhappy man in a mid-level, 'no one cares' career receives a death threat in the mail. And suddenly, his life is completely transformed.

Although, not quite in the way one might think. Instead of being terrified and having his life turned upside down, the man suddenly sees himself as SOMEONE ESTEEMED AND IMPORTANT ENOUGH TO RECEIVE DEATH THREATS!

Ha. He lives the next few days? Weeks? Of his life in what I can only call a Donald Trumpian level of self-importance and annoyance. Haha.

But his threatener quickly turns out to be less than he bargained for -- old, feeble, and very inexperienced at threatening people.

The Donald Trumpian man tries to guide and direct him (threatener) on ways to more effectively threaten himself. Haha.

It's absolutely absurd and had some genuinely funny moments. For that alone, it gets my grace.

The ending wasn't the best, but it was funny in an eye-rolling, groaning Monty Python type way. So I even enjoyed that.

It should be noted, though, that I listened to this on audiobook. (Other reviewers talk about hating the long, meandering writing style with few breaks.) I didn't have to deal with that. In audio format, (sped up to 2x speed) it was really an enjoyable listen.