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There is nothing inherently wrong with unlikable narrators: their personality can very well add to the narrative, being tied to its themes and discussions in an engaging way. Liars Called’s despicable narrator, however, only subtracts from the experience: if at first, the protagonist’s bitter and self-centered personality seems to be a perfect fit for an allegorical story about predatory capitalism, his lack of development throughout the book ends up making him a repetitive and tiresome character.
The protagonist is a young man, phallically named Lance Hawthorn Underwood, who one day is invited to go inside a magical bus by three – the book is full of threes – terrifying [...]