Supermarket

by Bobby Hall

The stunning debut novel from one of the most creative artists of our generation, Bobby Hall, a.k.a. Logic.

Flynn is stuck—depressed, recently dumped, and living at his mom’s house. The supermarket was supposed to change all that. An ordinary job and a steady check. Work isn’t work when it’s saving you from yourself. But things aren’t quite as they seem in these aisles. Arriving to work one day to a crime scene, Flynn’s world collapses as the secrets of his tortured mind are revealed. And Flynn doesn’t want to go looking for answers at the supermarket. Because something there seems to be looking for him. A darkly funny psychological thriller, Supermarket is a gripping exploration into madness and creativity. Who knew you could find sex, drugs, and murder all in aisle nine?

Genres: Fiction, Thriller, Mystery, Audiobook, Horror, Contemporary, Mystery Thriller

288 pages, Paperback

First published March 26, 2019

About the author

Bobby Hall a.k.a. Logic, the Grammy-nominated, platinum-selling recording artist, quickly established himself as one of the most original young stars in music. Through a streak of hit records, Bobby Hall has cemented his status as one of the greatest MCs at work, hailed for his lyricism, cinematic storytelling, and inspiring message of peace, love, and positivity. His music touches on societal issues that affect us all, including anxiety, depression, and race. Supermarket is his first novel.

Reviews

[Mishka · Rating 1 out of 5]

So this is how it feels to take a man’s life. Forced to kill for one’s own survival.

I looked down at the puddle of blood by my feet, locking eyes with my own reflection. Fluorescent lights flickered overhead. How’d I get here? I was just a dude who worked at the grocery store.

Now here I was, standing over a man I murdered.

So begins the debut novel of Bobby Hall, a Maryland native who dropped out of high school, escaped the slums, and went on to achieve world-wide success as rap artist Logic. He also answers to Bobby Tarantino, Young Sinatra, and the 1-800 Guy (jkjk).

For transparency's sake, you should know that Logic has been one of my favorite rappers for years, and I've been anticipating the release of Supermarket ever since he first began hinting at a novel in 2017. I wanted so badly for Supermarket to be as brilliant as Under Pressure and as recklessly fun as Bobby Tarantino II. Regardless of my affinity for Logic, however, I want to approach this review as objectively as possible. Too many die-hard fans are determined to adore whatever an artist releases without question or critical thought, and I think that's unfair to the artist. I respect Mr. Hall enough to treat Supermarket with the honesty that any new writer should be given. Leading someone on is no way to show your support. So, here goes.

The back cover describes Supermarket as a "darkly funny psychological thriller," but it's really more of a psychological comedy than anything. The book follows the life of Flynnagin E. Montgomery, aka Flynn, a 20-something-year-old, recently-dumped, aspiring writer with some serious mental health issues. In order to kickstart his writing career and make some steady money, he takes a job at a local supermarket, where he falls in love with a cute coworker named Mia, befriends Tyler Durden 2.0, and rapidly loses his grip on reality.

If reading the opening quote gave you a sense of foreboding, you're not alone. As badly as I wanted to love Supermarket, the distractingly primitive writing made for a conflicting experience straight out of the gate. That opener actually encapsulates many of the problems that pepper the rest of the novel. For one, it's cliche'd as all get out. The second sentence is incomplete. The tone is jarringly informal ("how'd," "dude"). The tenses are inconsistent ("Now here I was"). Not to mention, can you really see your own reflection in a puddle of blood?

Honestly, the book felt like it was written by a crude-mouthed high-schooler. There's far too many commas and sentence fragments for a smooth flow. The prose is riddled with cliches and attempts at being cutesy. The characters use each others' names every other sentence.  There are hahaha's, ummm's, nah's, etc., as if the exchanges are text conversations rather than dialogue. The amount of ALL-CAPS, exclamation marks!!, reaaaallyyyy drawn out worrrrrds, and other flamboyancies make the prose downright exhausting on the eyes. One Amazon reviewer writes, "I was really blown away with how well written it is," and I'm sorry, but reviews like these are objectively wrong. A brief but representative example:

“Mia, let’s get out of here, the store’s about to close,” I said.
“Chill, Flynn, we work here, and I need to find the perfect pomegranate,” she said.
“Mia, let’s go, I’m hungry,” I said, pulling her forward with my arm.
“Flynn, Jesus, okay.”

And one more for good measure:

“Do you listen to Tame Impala?” she asked.
“No, never heard of them,”I said, shaking my head.
“You’re kidding me!! You haven’t listened to Currents?!?” she yelled.
“Haha, nah, I haven’t. Is it any good?”
She stared blankly at me.
“Is it any good? ‘Is it ANY GOOD?’ HE SAYS! It’s amazing, Flynn. A true modern classic! I’ll have to grab you a copy from the Vinyl Village.”
“Oh, I love that place!”

Unfortunately, overlooking the prose to the actual meat of the story proves equally grim. The plot starts off with a decent push but rapidly loses momentum, petering off into fragmented episodes interrupted by frequent internal monologues. The twists are so heavily foreshadowed that it feels like the author is ribbing you every chapter and whispering, "Get it? Huh? Do you see it yet? See what I did there?" The "big reveal" was so obvious from the outset that Hall had me convinced I was missing something. I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop, but it never did.

There is very little in Supermarket that hasn't been done before. I've seen reviews comparing it to Fight Club, Naked Lunch, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which is unsurprising but also unfair, because Hall simply borrows content from them without adding anything new to the mix. I wasn't kidding about Tyler Durden 2.0 — the Frank character literally is Tyler from Fight Club. And the parts of the book that aren't borrowed from other writers are taken straight out of the author's own life. For instance, the description of Flynn's coworker girlfriend, Mia, made my heart ache. Because whether he realizes it or not, Hall is clearly describing his ex-wife, Jess Andrea:

She was an absolute beauty! A twenty-five-year-old, Spanish-speaking, tan-skinned, 5'6" supermarket model with jet-black hair; an amazing body; a warm, welcoming energy; and a radiating smile. She was the only thing in the entire store that felt real. She was a combination of Jessica Alba and Rashida Jones. Random mixture, I know, but damn, was she gorgeous.

The only truly redeeming quality to be found in Supermarket is Hall's depiction of depression and anxiety, and how the two combined can hold a person hostage in their own mind. Obviously the author has fought his own battle with mental health, which makes the passages describing Flynn's struggles the most vivid and powerful. For example, describing a time in Flynn's life when he could barely leave his bed:

I felt hopeless. Not even sad. Just nothing. I couldn’t even cry. The thought of writing was an unimaginable feat. It was a depression so low and flat that I couldn’t even envision suicide as a solution.

Another passage describes the physical experience of an anxiety attack with disconcerting accuracy:

At that moment, everything around me began to flicker, as though the lights were being sucked from the room, then instantaneously brought back.  My hearing became muffled, then ceased altogether. A high-frequency pitch shot into my head, like in those old war movies when a soldier experiences shell shock. Everything seemed to be moving in slow motion and yet superfast at the same time.

Flynn is stuck in a loop, like a hamster in a wheel. He's trapped in the supermarket. For anyone else who feels trapped and helpless, unable to see beyond their current circumstances, a slave to their own mind, there is an empowering message hidden within Supermarket. Beneath the juvenile prose, flamboyant characters, and uninspired plot lies a message about the power of the mind and the importance of mental health. It is possible to break free. As Hall writes in the acknowledgements:

I have used words and creative freedom to better myself. Whoever may be reading these words, I hope you have the courage to do the same through any form of creative expression. It has been a long road, but I too, finally, have escaped the supermarket.

It's hard to stomp on a book too much when it was written with such whole-hearted motivation and positivity. I admire Hall for the courage and vulnerability it took for him to step outside of his rap niche and dabble in a new medium in order to further spread his message of peace, love, and positivity. It must have been terrifying. That said, artistically, Supermarket is a flop. There's no getting around it. And if you insist that it isn't, maybe you should try taking off those glasses as thick and rosy as the book's cover.

[R.K. Gold · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was too busy trying to be great that it forgot to be good.

Forget purple prose, the lengthy exposition in this novel left me black and blue. Supermarket is the debut novel by the rapper Logic and before I go into my review I am going to say that if this is a genuine career interest for him he should continue his pursuit of writing. This book spent so much time trying to be Burroughs, Palahniuk, and Kesey that it almost became a parody of the three.

SPOILERS AHEAD

The basic plot of the story is Flynn, who can never finish anything, starts working at a supermarket for research when he lands a book deal with a new york publishing house. As if the fight club allusions couldn't be obvious enough, the president of this publishing house is named Ed Norton.

While working at the supermarket he becomes fascinated by a coworker (who is shown to clearly not exist early on with over the top clues) and decides to base his novel on the life of Frank. Flynn, who considers himself a method writer, becomes Frank and robs the supermarket the way he wrote about in his book then goes to a psych ward and befriends another non-existent person.

Along the way there are more clues this person isn't real. He convinces Flynn to literally kill his imaginary alter ego.

Flynn wins in the end and becomes a millionaire bestseller, in a relationship with the girl of his dreams and unable to fully escape the power of his mind.

The characters in this book were there as props for Flynn to interact with. Even the woman he loves only exists to love him and take care of him.

The two black characters in this book are stereotypes who don't move the plot forward or develop other characters. They're literally there only to be stereotypes and Flynn even comments in his internal dialogue that he's happy Ronda is a stereotype because it doesn't make him prejudice for thinking she's a stereotype.

Anyway if you can't tell, the writing style itself left a lot to be desired. The pacing was all over the place. Most of the emotions broke the cardinal "show don't tell" rule and it was getting really annoying how after every clever line the narrator felt the need to explain why it's so clever.

Also, every time it broke the 4th wall I cringed because it served no purpose outside of trying to be different and it removed all tension in the climax because Flynn is obviously still alive if he's able to not only narrate his story but speak directly to the reader.

[Ray ☼ Ray · Rating 1 out of 5]

I’m only half way but man is it terrible. I love Logic so this is hard to say but it’s like a grade 11 wrote a book and thought it great. It’s cheesy, and tries to be really hip by using brand names in the descriptions every paragraph... I wanted to be in love with this book but I keep just being pulled out by how bad it is...

[Gabby · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF @ 50%
Jesus Christ, this book is the worst. I listened to the audiobook for this, and this is some of the worst writing my ears have ever heard. I can't even believe this got published to be honest. This story is absurd and ridiculous and the main character Flynn was driving me absolutely insane. The amount of times he attempts to break the fourth wall is so dumb - he talks directly to the reader many times in this book. I think the author was attempting to be really cool and trend-setting by doing this but it honestly felt so cringey and took me out of the story. This story is so freaking weird, you will read an entire scene and then the main character will be back in the previous scene and he'll be like "did I just imagine that whole thing??" and it made the book so confusing to read. This main character thinks he's so freaking clever and inventive and it's honestly so obnoxious.

Also, the main characters is such an asshole. The comments he made in this book about the black characters really rubbed me the wrong way. He thinks of this girl Ronda as the "stereotypical angry black woman" and then he gets made at himself for being prejudice, and then she acts a certain way that "fits his stereotype" and he says he's glad she fits the stereotype because now that means he's not prejudice... like ummm that's not how it works. He also comments that she is "so dark" and then goes on to explain "omg I wasn't talking about her skin color I was talking about her personality" which we already knew and him explaining that made me feel icky and it just felt so wrong.

This book is hot garbage and I regret reading it.

[Veronica · Rating 1 out of 5]

My advice to Logic...surround yourself with people who tell you the truth. A brilliant lyricist doesn’t make a brilliant novelist, clearly.

[Dennis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Frankly, I almost gave this book 1 star, which I've only done once, but I really did not enjoy Supermarket at all. It lacks a foundation, it is scattered from the first chapter, all the way until the last one, and it just doesn't have any depth or focus on anything other than Flynn (the main character)'s thought process. It's a light read, that many would probably find more entertaining if they have a couple of hours to spare, and want to pick something up quickly. I don't want to spend anymore time discussing my opinions about this title.

[Amy Lively · Rating 1 out of 5]

I do not blame Logic for this garbage. I blame his editor and the publisher for publishing it and charging people their hard-earned cash for it. Every single thing that novice authors are told not to do is included here. He must have had a thesaurus nearby— how many words can he substitute for “said” or “walked?” How many times did he write a sentence beginning with “You know when...” Characters are cliche, the plot is not compelling, and the grammatical errors are distracting. I can only assume that 5-star reviews are coming from his fans because this is as bad as it gets.

[ZRC · Rating 1 out of 5]

My expectations were pretty low going in, but this novel is unequivocally, without exaggeration, a dumpster fire. It is beyond awful. The fact that this book was even published is.....confounding. This wouldn't be considered passable if it had been written by an adolescent.

I'm sure Bobby Hall (aka Logic) will profit greatly because he's a fairly significant name in the music industry and he'll be able to sell this piece of shit, but this is absolutely unacceptable. He should be openly criticized for writing this hot garbage. Someone, at some point, should have halted this catastrophe. This is career-ruining level terrible.

I'm not convinced that Bobby Hall has ever read a book before. I'm not kidding. This isn't comical -- this is embarrassing for the publisher, editor and serious authors everywhere.

Do not read this book. It is not written for people that read books. It was written for fans of Logic. This is a pathetic attempt at industry cross-pollination. Success as a rapper shouldn't translate to success as a novelist without an ounce of effort. It trivializes writing.

[Jack Nix · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was seemingly written by a 5th grade student that is very bad at writing and saw a Tarantino movie once.

[Aaron Mcilhenny · Rating 3 out of 5]

An author writes a book about an author writing a book about an author writing a book about working in a supermarket. I loved to hate to love to hate it.

[Eric Piotrowski · Rating 1 out of 5]

I love hip-hop. I teach a class on it. I love Logic. I've written about his music. He's a talented lyricist and extremely creative person. He's worked with Chuck D, Black Thought, Killer Mike, and other artists at the top of the game. I was eager to read this book.

But it's not good. It's the poster child for "A for Effort". The writing is sloppy and repetitive and weak. Case in point -- Page 133:

"What do you mean?" I asked, not quite sure what she meant.

I wish this were an exception, but it's the rule. The dialogue is stiff and artificial. The characters are dull and one-dimensional. The descriptions are okay, but uninspired.

And the story is Fight Club. It's not similar to Fight Club, it's not hoping to be Fight Club. It IS Fight Club. I counted a dozen sentences that might actually be plagiarized from Palahniuk's novel. The themes and story structure are identical. I assume he read that book (or watched the movie) and got inspired to the point of duplication.

The elements which are unique to Hall's story are absurd beyond description. A guy gets a $40,000 advance for a vague overview of a novel -- a novel which, for the record, is about an ordinary guy working a boring job at a supermarket? Are you kidding me? This guy pockets his meds every day for two years in the mental hospital, and nobody notices? I could (and I might) use this book as an example of how to avoid suspending the reader's disbelief.

I don't want to be too harsh on Logic, because I admire his drive and desire to help others who wrestle with anxiety. Again: A for Effort. But Simon & Schuster should be ashamed to have their name on this thing. I hope they made a speedy release their top priority, because I don't know how else they can explain the woeful lack of polish. Never mind the story arc and paper-thin characters. How do you publish a novel that is half adverbs? Maybe they've fired all their copyeditors in an attempt to save money in a floundering industry.

Originally I gave this two stars, because of the impulses behind it. But hovering over Goodreads' second star gives us the tool tip: "It was okay." And this book is not okay. It's bad. More to the point, it gives us nothing new. The core ideas are already in his songs "Anxiety" and "1-800-273-8255". The plot, as noted, is Fight Club. The characters can be found in any Babysitters Club or Goosebumps book.

I wanted to like this book. I love the mention of Alan Watts (p. 70) and Waking Life (p. 82). I was eager to discuss the philosophical ingredients with my students, just as I do with the metaphysical themes in his album Everybody. But instead I plan to buy some copies of Fight Club and give them to students if they read it instead of Logic's novel.

Stay away.

[Melanie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Zero stars. If I have ever read a worse book I can’t recall it right now. I hated every second of it. Horrible, stunted writing. Godawful narration. I can’t believe this was published. It’s like a high school assignment to write in the style of Fight Club. Terrible.
I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

[chantel nouseforaname · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked this book better as Fight Club. Sorry, Logic. HOWEVER, I did like the darkly comical and super absurd nature of everything present in the book. Flynn is a character that's been recycled and recycled through time.. using this archetype - you almost feel like you're waiting to see what else the author can make it do.

All of Logic's influences were palpable.. I also felt there were elements of like the recent film Baby Driver in this book.. the youthful, white shirt, blue jeans James Dean prototype.. you see it everywhere.

Was this book original? No. Was it enjoyable? Yeah. I could see it as a movie. I like that he released like a soundtrack to go with it, which I've saved on Apple Music, but have yet to listen to.

Overall, I really just liked the focus on how different life could be if you just take your fucking pills.

[Liz Laurin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Even having partially figured this out I still wasn't expecting the full reveal. Love love loved this.

I also highly recommend listening to the authors music while reading.

[Katryna Wicks · Rating 1 out of 5]

Please send thoughts and prayers so I can stomach the last few chapters of this book. I hate it.

Thank god that's over. What a total piece of shit.

[Malik Williams · Rating 3 out of 5]

About halfway through the book finally picks up. Very dry in the beginning. A lot of random dialect and childish cussing but this is a first from the author, so there's plenty of room for growth.

[Rachel Quesenberry · Rating 2 out of 5]

So, I’m a huge fan of Logic/Bobby. Awesome dude, love his music. I had really high hopes and an open mind for this novel, but unfortunately, this book is not well written at all. A 15 year old writes at this level, or better. Stereotypical and unrealistic characters, very predictable, lots of cliches. Immature writing, and a very “young adult” novel. Really really great story idea and good (though bit cheesy) message though. Would’ve, and really could’ve, been soooooo much better if Bobby was more mature of a writer. It’s entertaining (in how bad it is) for a few hours, but I wouldn’t recommend this book to anyone.

[Sugus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Weird, short and fresh.

[Jesse · Rating 1 out of 5]

The more I've thought about this book the more I've come to hate it. It is the worst book I've ever read. Total waste of time and energy. I can't possibly say enough bad things about this book. I'm sure the only way it got published was because of Bobbie Hall's rap career.

Things I hated which was 99%.

The writing was terrible. It felt like a teenager with a potty mouth had half an idea and wrote a book. The attempted jokes were not funny at all and felt very forced. The absolute idiotic breaking of the 4th wall was unnecessary and added nothing to the story. The story was absolute garbage. The characters, the ones that were real, were trying way too hard to be cool, and the fake ones weren't fooling anyone. The main character and narrator is a depressing self-serving ass hat that is completely unrelatable and total hatable. What were the publishers thinking? Did no one proofread this book? How could anyone enjoy this?

Redeeming qualities.

It's short. It has a cool cover (that's the reason I bought it at the thrift store, don't judge me I learned my lesson).

[Katey Moore · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ugh....nonsense.
Legit the worst book I’ve actually finished in a long time. The premise was very interesting but I could smell a Fight Club redo from a mile away. The author’s writing style was really irritating, hard to follow, racist, sexist, and just overall crap.


I’m actually really just annoyed at myself that I felt the need to finish this instead of putting it on my did not finish shelf. I was so intrigued by this book mostly because of the cover and the typeface. I felt like I owed it to the author to give it a go even though I had trouble being interested in it from the get-go.


This is the harshest review of a book I think I have ever given. I just reread the top half thinking maybe I could edit it to make it a little nicer...can’t. It’s legit not a great read.

[maria · Rating 2 out of 5]

Actual Rating: 2.5 Stars

Merp. This started out rough and got better towards the middle, but the writing style was just a big nope for me. Ultimately, this felt like a Fight Club rip off and not in a good way.

[Kaleah · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think I'm settling on 3 stars. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Interestingly enough, I didn't know who Bobby Hall was prior to seeing Supermarket listed as an anticipated upcoming release on Apple books a few months ago. It was only when I further researched the author that I made the connection that this was also the hip hop artist I watched perform the suicide hotline song at an awards show a year or two ago. I could tell then that he was a talented lyricist, but I haven't had any other experiences with his music, so this review is not tainted by any sort of fandom for the rapper, Logic.

I was a little shocked at some of the negative reviews, and I'm glad I gave the author a shot to decide for myself if Supermarket was terrible or not. While there were certainly aspects to critique, this was far from the worst book I've ever read, and I think it offers an important perspective about mental health that the author is obviously very passionate about.

Bobby Hall successfully took me inside a tormented mind and had me reflecting on how terrifying it must be to lose your grip on reality. As someone who has dealt with my fair share of depression and anxiety (though nothing on the level of the MC's), I connected with this book. It was also a needed reminder for me to face my troubles head-on because they won't go away by simply ignoring them. The transparent author's note that explained part of this was written during Hall's own mental health crises further resonated with me.

I've never read Fight Club (or seen the movie!) and maybe that was to my advantage, because I had no preconceptions going into this. I took it at face value that this was a dark, yet humourous psychological thriller set in a supermarket. It is indeed dark, psychological, and at times humorous, but I wouldn't bill this as a thriller. (Why do publishers feel the need to label everything a thriller these days? The market is oversaturated with them anyways.)

I listened to this as an audiobook, which I highly recommend. The production was one of the best I've experienced, and Hall is adept at creating individual voices. This also allowed me to bypass any visual issues with the prose, grammatical errors, etc. Hall's performance certainly brought the novel to life in the way that he intended it to be read. Honestly, this novel was made for audio consumption, which only makes sense, given the author's career. The tone is very conversational, like a guy sitting next to you telling a story, so the informal writing makes sense to me, although the dialogue at times was clunky and over the top.

My biggest criticism would be that the narrative does meander too much at times, with the narrator taking 4th wall breaks from the story to speak to the reader in real time. There were parts that could have been edited better. I think this bogged down sections of the first half of the book, but by the second half I was strangely invested and just had to know what would happen. Yes, due to some heavy foreshadowing I guessed the plot device fairly early on, but then I just sat back and tried to enjoy the journey. The last third of the book still kept me guessing. However, I found the ending improbable, rushed, and a bit too clean in its resolution.

I do believe Hall faces an uphill battle outside the music industry, as many who reach a certain level of success often do. Of course he has the expected die-hard fans that will 5-star anything he does regardless of quality, but he also has an audience of music fans who maybe had unrealistic expectations for a debut novel, or who just weren't the right audience for the subject matter and his writing style, yet read the book anyway because they're a fan, and ended up disappointed. And then there are those of the mindset that artists of one profession should stick to their day jobs, and not venture into other creative sectors. I've never understood this logic, no pun intended. Art can be expressed through several different mediums; just because a person has mastered one doesn't mean they can't master another.

According to the author's note, Mr. Hall is apparently very serious about honing his writing craft, and expects more novels in the future. I feel he has talent and the potential to refine his writing skills, so I say go for it. I think there is a market out there for him and his psychological, trippy writing. He won't be everyone's cup of tea of course, but I hope that he's able to reach his tribe of readers who can see past Bobby the hip hop artist, and embrace Bobby the author.

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

In all honesty, I feel like this book has been bashed a lot for how it’s styled. Yes, it’s choice of words and the way it’s written is pretty juvenile, yet i find it unique.

That’s what made me enjoy it more. I was reading through the life of Flynn, a college dropout, struggling with their emotions and sense of purpose. As I read through the narration I could feel that they were talking to me as if it were just any other college kid you might meet outside with the same struggles. I can not express how relatable Flynn’s anxieties are to to other people his age. I guess I just related to some of his struggles to an extent, which really shows my bias in why I enjoyed this book so much.

I won’t say this is a masterpiece, but I really did enjoy this book for its plot, journey, and twist. It makes a pretty decent psychological thriller.

Bobby Hall speaks from the heart and it shows he is trying to get a message out to all people young who are struggling or have struggled in their purpose in life.

I’d say give this book a shot with an open mind, because despite others trying to call this a “flop”, reviewing a book will always be a bias, won’t it? It all depends on what you like in the end.

[AndrewH · Rating 5 out of 5]

There might be a little bias in this review as Bobby Hall (Logic) is my favorite artist...
Supermarket is a really fun read. You as a reader, are completely immersed in the main character's thoughts, emotions, and overall attitude towards work and life. I guarantee the first paragraph will hook you right on and it will be hard to put the book down. The book is split into two parts and both were written at different times in the author's life. Part One mainly focuses on the protagonist dealing with anxiety and battling depression as Hall was doing the same when writing. I won't carry on with Part Two as I may spoil the book. Despite one or two plot holes, Supermarket is a fun and interesting read I would recommend to most looking for a short, thrilling book.

[Molly Dunbar · Rating 1 out of 5]

Would give 0 stars if possible.

[poppy · Rating 1 out of 5]

this book was so bad it made me wish i was illiterate

[Melcat · Rating 1 out of 5]

And that’s what happens when I buy a book with no internet and no way to check the reviews.

[Jacob Wilson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Holy, this was garbage. Reminded me of a story I wrote when I was 10 years old except mine was better

[Café de Tinta · Rating 4 out of 5]

A este libro le pesa enormemente que lo vendan como "El nuevo club de la lucha" (en la faja y en la sinopsis te encuentras esta comparación) porque ya a las pocas páginas empiezas a imaginar por dónde van los tiros. Pero a mitad de camino consigue dar unos cuantos giros argumentales y que dudes sobre qué está pasando en todo momento. Me lo he pasado francamente bien, tal vez la parte final un poco floja y le resta nota, pero en el fondo cómo desarrolla el proceso creativo de un escritor es parte importante de la trama y es un juego divertido con el lector.

[Laura Wonderchick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Well that was trippy! Not what I expected by the description but oddly enjoyable. The humor in this had me cracking up but underneath was an interesting story about depression. Very reminiscent of Cuckoo’s Nest in the very best way.
On a side note, I didn’t know this author was a rapper until after I bought the book. I asked my 21 year old son if he knew who he was and he said “yeah I have his book but haven’t read it yet”. What’s the odds?! Lol