To bait a story with such a spectacular plot, the author could have us reading tenuous managerial pontification for pages on end, just to get the juicy revelati

To bait a story with such a spectacular plot, the author could have us reading tenuous managerial pontification for pages on end, just to get the juicy revelation at the end. That the narrative payoff never comes is such an infuriating let down, you actually end up confused over what the heck you just read! I think the fact that the story comes with bespoke cover art just serves to raise expectations even further.