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Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong

6 reviews

prairieraven's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Someone wrote "Dick Lit even though the main character is a woman."  Yeah, that sounds about right. Ignoring plot holes and certain scenes being written simply for a punch line, it is nothing less than entertaining.  Definitely women characters written from a man's point of view and wildly passes the Beschdel test even though only 3 women talk in the whole novel. This book reads like Ernest Clines work but with much less arrogance and a lot more humour.  I'd put this down as a humorous dystopia sci-fi novel with an eerily accurate commentary on social media, smart technology, gaping wealth/poverty gaps and a city full of high technology and militia's in place of law and government sprinkled with dick and fart jokes and peppered with boobs.

Sometimes the line was blurred between satire and alarming perspective accuracy. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Excrement, Fatphobia, Confinement, Cultural appropriation, Hate crime, Child abuse, Classism, Infidelity, Torture, Abandonment, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Violence, War, Slavery, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Deportation, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Cannibalism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Alcohol, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Car accident, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Alcohol, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Medical trauma, Racism, Torture, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Excrement, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Vomit, War, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Classism, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, and Physical abuse

zmac808's review

emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Book 14 of 2023: Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong (jason pargin). 

As a Zoey, I have to rep my fellow Zoey’s. Especially when they are haphazardly flung into dystopian chaos. Not the strongest female lead in a novel but I’ll take it for what it’s worth. My cat too drives the plot of my life. It definitely leans heavily into shock value and crassness and Zoey reads like a young adult written by a middle aged man but Christy Carlson Romano (Kim Possible) does fun voice acting in the audio book to really help bring this world to life despite its flaws. 2.5 ⭐️ because I enjoyed good portions of it but it’s not a reread. 

I mostly bought this series for the titles of the next two books “Zoey Punches the Future in the D—“ and “Zoey is too Drunk for this Dystopia.” 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Rape, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Death, Abandonment, Sexual violence, Sexism, Torture, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Violence, Misogyny, Mental illness, Gun violence, Blood, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

caseymac's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Body shaming, Violence, Misogyny, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Alcohol, Ableism, Addiction, Blood, and Body horror

unboxedjack's review against another edition

funny tense medium-paced

3.25

Here’s the thing: this book was amusing, had some fairly spot on satirical critique of class, and did a fairly decent job keeping my attention aside from the copy being rife with grammatical and spelling errors (this publisher obviously needs to hire me as a copy editor). That being said, it was very clearly written by a cisgender white guy trying really hard to make a cisgender female character unique. Zoey was badass at times, but she definitely smacked of a manic pixie dream girl stereotype, albeit one with the humor of a 12-year-old. It’s not a great example of literature and tended to drag at times, but when I was able to suspend my critiques for a time, it was a fun read and I’m curious to see how the next in the series is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Violence, Misogyny, Death, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Gun violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Car accident, Classism, Cursing, Gun violence, and Murder

cianarae's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Car accident, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship