A review by goosemixtapes
Proxy by Alex London

2.0

(2022 monthly goals: whichever book has been on my TBR longest)

i mean, it's... fine? it's fine. it was entertaining. the political aspect was good for a YA novel (actual discussion of debt and capitalism and taking down systems in a dystopia! a dystopia that actually has teeth!) though even that could have used a bit more nuance

Spoiler

uhhhhhh what was that thing about the virus at the end shutting down medical patches for people who need them? we're not even gonna debate about that?

. my issue is that the writing style just feels so unpolished. very first-draft. the head-hopping must have been on purpose, but it drove me fucking insane (please just let me settle into a POV please please). this reads like it has all the ingredients for a great story, but like it also needs a lot more editing, and i'm not sure how much interest i have in the sequel. shoutout to syd for the gay rights though (also knox is definitely bi idc)