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semeyers's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
reflective
tense
fast-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
4.0
I am a big fan of Robert Evans' work, I have known about him since his days at Cracked, followed some of his work with Bellingcat and am a huge fan of his podcasts, namely Behind the Bastards. That being said, I was a little bit skeptical going into this book and I was right to be. This book is straight up weird at points, but overall, I enjoyed it!
You can really feel the author's voice on most of the pages and touches of it in all of the characters presented. If you're familiar with his work, you'll appreciate a lot of the themes touched upon here. There are a lot more sci-fi elements than I was expecting ("enhanced" soldiers that sounded like something out of black mirror, most people have minor enhancements that prevent aging and give immunity to illness or allow quick healing from injuries), but it worked with the story and not against it. I loved the three main characters that you follow and felt that the jump between perspectives was handled well, that each character was given a fair shake.
My criticisms with the book were mostly the vulgarity and the the drugs. I am no prude and cursing/drug/alcohol use in books isn't something that bothers me, but the vulgarity and the drugs shoehorned into everything stopped feeling like world-building and plot devices and felt more like being edgy for edginess sake. I found myself cringing here and there at it, which is what made me ultimately remove a star.
Overall, After The Revolution is not a book you'll like unless you're a fan of Robert Evans or at least in agreement with his views and politics. I think this is a book for his fans and I don't think minds will be changed because of it. But, if you are a fan of his, or into leftist literature, I think this is worth picking up and giving a read!
You can really feel the author's voice on most of the pages and touches of it in all of the characters presented. If you're familiar with his work, you'll appreciate a lot of the themes touched upon here. There are a lot more sci-fi elements than I was expecting ("enhanced" soldiers that sounded like something out of black mirror, most people have minor enhancements that prevent aging and give immunity to illness or allow quick healing from injuries), but it worked with the story and not against it. I loved the three main characters that you follow and felt that the jump between perspectives was handled well, that each character was given a fair shake.
My criticisms with the book were mostly the vulgarity and the the drugs. I am no prude and cursing/drug/alcohol use in books isn't something that bothers me, but the vulgarity and the drugs shoehorned into everything stopped feeling like world-building and plot devices and felt more like being edgy for edginess sake. I found myself cringing here and there at it, which is what made me ultimately remove a star.
Overall, After The Revolution is not a book you'll like unless you're a fan of Robert Evans or at least in agreement with his views and politics. I think this is a book for his fans and I don't think minds will be changed because of it. But, if you are a fan of his, or into leftist literature, I think this is worth picking up and giving a read!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Murder, War, Drug use, Religious bigotry, and Violence
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, and Sexism
Minor: Trafficking
korin_catbyte's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Prepare for violence but a good story. Maybe too much swearing for swearing sake but hey whatever.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Genocide, Medical content, War, Addiction, Death, Gun violence, Gore, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Sexual harassment, Sexism, and Violence
aurel's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Honestly glad I read it. I'm always hungry for fiction that draw on radical leftist understandings of power and the world. I didn't expect Roland to be my favourite character but he really, really is.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore and War
Moderate: Drug use, Sexism, Addiction, Sexual harassment, Religious bigotry, Racism, and Alcohol
Minor: Sexual violence, Transphobia, Pregnancy, and Medical content
*pats the side of the audiobook* This baby can hold SO MANY trigger warnings, but nothing feels especially exploitative or shock value-y, and the isms come almost exclusively from religious bigots, and are only dominant themes for part of the book. It's just a hard story set in a hard world, with some comfort and pleasure packed in around the edges, where folk can find itbooknug's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, War, Violence, Sexual harassment, and Drug abuse
Minor: Racial slurs
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