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Chapter by Chapter features me reading one chapter (or possibly multiple chapter for this one) of the selected book at the time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as read-along book club.

The back and forth continues. Last time we checked in with Commie Op-Center and today it’s regular Op-Center.

Here’s a problem for me when it comes to these longer books. At some point I run out of ways to open these articles, usually near the end of the book. This book, however has a lot more chapters, 78 to be exact. Even merging the smaller chapters means this is going to go a long time and I’m already trying to think of things. We’re barely a quarter (and still under) of a way through this book and I need something interesting for people coming in on the homepage of the site when the post first goes live. Even with the usual intro text about how the article series works, I feel like I should say more than I’m capable of at the moment. And so much of this book could be cut down if the flavor text would stay on point. Informing the character is great, some trivia about the area helps set the scene, but the only people I expect to see again after this story is the regular Op-Center crew in D.C. so it feels so unnecessary to pad out a novel.

Ah, well, I guess that’s good. Let’s get into today’s chapter.

Sunday, 10:15 PM, Washington, D.C.

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