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energyrae's review
3.0
Wokeistan was a very quick read that explores the excess and ignorance in today's political climate. Things are changing at Upstate college, a person named G is leading the charge against the school, trying to make it more inclusive. With the abilities to draw others to them, G and the protests they are organizing is starting to make waves. Sometimes there is just no reasoning with people that aren't willing to listen, and this is what is taking place in our story.
Wokeistan started out strong for me, it covered a wide variety of issues both political and social. I found myself laughing at quite a few things that were either going on or said. DiGerolamo did a great job at making G and Penny absolutely unlikable characters, they were so unwilling to listen to reason (or listen at all) that I found myself as upset at them as our main character Dr. Mondel.
But then the book turned mostly social, focusing primarily on gender. G and their followers were no longer trying to be inclusive but were trying to exclude males and make people wear labels (the labels thing I get, it's the irony). But I would have liked to have seen the author continue with the political thread that had started in the beginning but seemed to have faded off. So the book is a mixed bag for me. A quick read that fans of satire might enjoy.
Wokeistan started out strong for me, it covered a wide variety of issues both political and social. I found myself laughing at quite a few things that were either going on or said. DiGerolamo did a great job at making G and Penny absolutely unlikable characters, they were so unwilling to listen to reason (or listen at all) that I found myself as upset at them as our main character Dr. Mondel.
But then the book turned mostly social, focusing primarily on gender. G and their followers were no longer trying to be inclusive but were trying to exclude males and make people wear labels (the labels thing I get, it's the irony). But I would have liked to have seen the author continue with the political thread that had started in the beginning but seemed to have faded off. So the book is a mixed bag for me. A quick read that fans of satire might enjoy.
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