In Social Security: Immaculate Deception, author Robert James Karpie attempts to blend fiction and non-fiction. His “Social Security” refers to a group of elderly people in an assisted living home who, after suffering abuse at the hands of their care givers, decide to take over the facility. Once they do that it turns into a home of debauchery and sex. Is this really what they were fighting for? There are some very humorous bits, but overall, even the human interest factor becomes too forced. Add to that, the authors shift in focus to all the conspiracy theories and ills of the world and it loses all sense of consistency. I love a good conspiracy theory, political intrigue or deception but I expect what I read to have a focus and the only focus this book seems to have is throwing as many political opinions at the reader as possible. It’s an unfortunate mess. Two out of five stars.
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