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3.43 AVERAGE
3.43 AVERAGE
Took me longer than I had hoped to finish this one (life gets in the way, you know?) BUT I thoroughly enjoyed it.
All the classic, weird Jesse Andrews humor you love from Me & Earl and The Haters, plus the book version of his angry tweets at Donald Trump and other first degree shitheads.
The satire is obvious and biting. Yeah-capitalism really does treat the poor like they're rats deserving of being crushed by the rich. Others have criticized the role of sexual assault in this book. Is it pretty horrific? Yes, absolutely. But is it also a pretty good representation of what happens when young women are forced into sex trafficking? Also YES. ABSOLUTELY.
I'll admit that Dreamworld is not a perfect parallel to our world, but it does certainly play a huge role in driving the plot and making a point (closer to the end) about how corporations exploit people for money.
In short-it's good. Very good. But definitely comes with a content warning for sexual assault and human trafficking.
All the classic, weird Jesse Andrews humor you love from Me & Earl and The Haters, plus the book version of his angry tweets at Donald Trump and other first degree shitheads.
The satire is obvious and biting. Yeah-capitalism really does treat the poor like they're rats deserving of being crushed by the rich. Others have criticized the role of sexual assault in this book. Is it pretty horrific? Yes, absolutely. But is it also a pretty good representation of what happens when young women are forced into sex trafficking? Also YES. ABSOLUTELY.
I'll admit that Dreamworld is not a perfect parallel to our world, but it does certainly play a huge role in driving the plot and making a point (closer to the end) about how corporations exploit people for money.
In short-it's good. Very good. But definitely comes with a content warning for sexual assault and human trafficking.
I did not enjoy this book. While the premise (your size and thus your power depend on your wealth), there are too many problems. How does a giant impregnate a woman half his size? If there are so many littlepoors and they have the vote, why don't they have any power? There are some really gross moments (Giants pooping in the ocean), but the sex is not explicit. There is strong language. Fans of dystopian literature may enjoy this, but it's not as exciting as most of the genre. The ending is satisfying in a dark way.
This is a difficult book to rate. It's a brilliant idea, cleverly done, but I didn't like the main character much and I found the dialect hard to follow. That's largely me, though, I've never been good at dialect.
The book was compared to Douglas Adams so I was expecting humour, but there isn't any, really. There's no real explanation of the dreaming stuff, either.
An interesting concept, but not for me, sadly.
Receiving an ARC did not affect my review in any way.
The book was compared to Douglas Adams so I was expecting humour, but there isn't any, really. There's no real explanation of the dreaming stuff, either.
An interesting concept, but not for me, sadly.
Receiving an ARC did not affect my review in any way.
I was so excited to read this book when I first heard about it! I thought the idea of having your literal size be dictated by how much money you own to be brilliant and a great outlet for social commentary. While the book was definitely an effective commentary, it was also wildly disappointing.
The writing was very odd and while I understood why it was written the way it was (full of bad grammar, made up words, and misspellings due to the uneducated narrator's voice), it just never really connected with me. I hated all the characters and the plot was just weird. It was unpredictable, but not in the "wow, I can't believe that just happened, didn't see that coming!" kind of way, but in the "uh okay so this is what we're doing now, okay," kind of way.
That being said, the world of "Munmun" was a very creative way to establish a satire on our current society, and however weird the writing and plot were, the book definitely got its point across.
The writing was very odd and while I understood why it was written the way it was (full of bad grammar, made up words, and misspellings due to the uneducated narrator's voice), it just never really connected with me. I hated all the characters and the plot was just weird. It was unpredictable, but not in the "wow, I can't believe that just happened, didn't see that coming!" kind of way, but in the "uh okay so this is what we're doing now, okay," kind of way.
That being said, the world of "Munmun" was a very creative way to establish a satire on our current society, and however weird the writing and plot were, the book definitely got its point across.
This was the strangest book that I've ever read and I think I'm still processing it.
This was a strange book to read - I had it on my Goodreads list for over 2-years and finally got a copy but i'm not sure whether I like it or not. Marketed for YA but a little dark, a great premise but i'm not sure about the writing style. All in all, an interesting read and something i'd probably say was best suited for the mid-late teens rather than me!
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really wanted to enjoy this; I liked the premise, but I had NO desire to pick it up even when I was 80% through. I didn’t need to know what happened, I didn’t care enough about the characters. As with lots of dystopian/alternate reality-set novels, there felt like there were too many ideas, which overcomplicated an already twisty-turny story
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence