Then, in the last 5 pages, the hero finds a loophole to beat The Store and King. The problem I have with it, is 425 pages paint the hero into a corner against the unbeatable entity of The Store and its CEO Newman King. Like a modern day "Needful Things" or "Something Wicked This Way Comes" using a stand-in for Walmart as the purveyor of tainted/haunted goods that drive people to be evil. People who try to fight the Store end up dead, missing, or unwillingly become soulless members of the Night Manager crew. It's built with blood and staffed with supernatural beings called the Night Managers. Only in "The Store", The Store itself is evil. Then it kills people who revolt and steals their souls (well, one can argue that Walmart DOES suck your soul dry). It destroys the town by lowering everyone's income and then offering them cheap goods as the only things they can afford (just like Walmart!). The Store comes to bumblefuck, AZ and puts all the local businesses out of business by offering more goods at lower prices (just like Walmart!).
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