Beaten opens with a strong metaphor “life is mean”. Indeed, life is quite unfair to the protagonist, a man who struggles to survive… The opening points at what is coming without telling how it would end. “Like ice-cold water on the back” follows the first line shortly after, and the reader naturally braces for turbulence. The author brings an intensity to the book from the jump. The opening chapter tells of the protagonist’s disappointment in his choices. Though the reader does not know who he was at the beginning, one…
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