A review by biblio_lore
Jam by Yahtzee Croshaw

4.0

I really enjoyed reading Jam but I am also an avid fan of all things incredibly cheesy and this certainly fits the bill. The whole book is about an absurd situation in which the city of Brisbane is overrun by man-eating strawberry jam and it's up to a handful of survivors to figure out what the hell is going on and how to get out of there all while trying to avoid the jam and other survivors. This is a great popcorn read in the sense that it is both silly and a ridiculously fast read but the ultimate plus is that it is fun. On the technical level, Yahtzee has a gift for setting the pace that doesn't slow down throughout and even though most of the characters are either self-interested or assholes, you find them compelling enough to keep going just to see what is going to happen next. Definitely recommended for those of you who are kinda done with the zombie trend but like your post-apocalyptic fiction with a lot of humor mixed in.