Ben Lopez

Ben Lopez is a psychologist and works as a hostage negotiator (the book says he's been doing this for 20 years but if you do the calculations from the dates he mentions it's more like 10). While he states at the back of the book that 'Ben Lopez' is a psuedonym and that he cannot be identified due to security reasons, he gives more than enough information so that one can ascertain his real identity.
I found this book easy to read but badly written, finding that Lopez comes off as pretentious show more and at times arrogant. The style of writing detracts from the topic and makes what are probably interesting experiences come off as pretentious. show less