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A review by misscopiousreads
Anthem by Noah Hawley
1.0
Ugh….
I put my big girl britches on and took the road less traveled. I was fully ready to embrace leaving my comfort zone. But, well, ermmm…Anthem was not my jam. Plenty of other anthems rang through my brain as I subjected myself to this outlandish violence and utter nonsense. Like the Supreme’s anthem “Stop! In the name of love” (before this story makes you hate books) played on and on as I tried to be a good girl and finish what I started. Every time the author jumped back and forth in time the jeopardy anthem played through my head and I knew I would fail the spirit of Alex Trebeck when he would say “Anthem the novel takes place in this time period” “what is all of them?” He’d scowl and look at me disapprovingly but also wink bc he understands it’s really hard to tell. My most loved of all anthems entered whenever my least favorite of characters (and that’s quite a title bc I disliked most of them), Redneck, wife beatin’, government hating, big money (no whammy’s) scheming, Avon entered the picture. And it goes a little somethin’ like this “Baby shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo. Baby shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo. Baby shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo. Baby shark! The lyricist of Baby Shark has more respect for my intelligence than Noah Hawley has for his readers of Anthem.
But hey, that’s just me and what do I know anyway? I told you it’s not my usge/yooj (usual).
If you are into
-Authors apologizing for their writing (mid story)
-Time jumps all over the place
-Having 15373637393 characters but of those maybe only 3 are likable
-rape, kidnapping, extreme violence
-political commentary
-mask debate
-Jeffery Epstein types
-teen suicide
Well, if those things shake your groove thing then Anthem will Light your fire!
***In all fairness, Hawley did create two characters I found appealing. Claire, seems like a pretty badass chick even if she is a spoiled brat. unfortunately, Claire’s death sets everything else in motion (I don’t feel like that’s a spoiler since it’s like the first thing to happen). Girl knows how to make an exit. And, Judge Margot. Whenever she was in the picture the story had more depth, more heart. Those parts were enjoyable.
I put my big girl britches on and took the road less traveled. I was fully ready to embrace leaving my comfort zone. But, well, ermmm…Anthem was not my jam. Plenty of other anthems rang through my brain as I subjected myself to this outlandish violence and utter nonsense. Like the Supreme’s anthem “Stop! In the name of love” (before this story makes you hate books) played on and on as I tried to be a good girl and finish what I started. Every time the author jumped back and forth in time the jeopardy anthem played through my head and I knew I would fail the spirit of Alex Trebeck when he would say “Anthem the novel takes place in this time period” “what is all of them?” He’d scowl and look at me disapprovingly but also wink bc he understands it’s really hard to tell. My most loved of all anthems entered whenever my least favorite of characters (and that’s quite a title bc I disliked most of them), Redneck, wife beatin’, government hating, big money (no whammy’s) scheming, Avon entered the picture. And it goes a little somethin’ like this “Baby shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo. Baby shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo. Baby shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo. Baby shark! The lyricist of Baby Shark has more respect for my intelligence than Noah Hawley has for his readers of Anthem.
But hey, that’s just me and what do I know anyway? I told you it’s not my usge/yooj (usual).
If you are into
-Authors apologizing for their writing (mid story)
-Time jumps all over the place
-Having 15373637393 characters but of those maybe only 3 are likable
-rape, kidnapping, extreme violence
-political commentary
-mask debate
-Jeffery Epstein types
-teen suicide
Well, if those things shake your groove thing then Anthem will Light your fire!
***In all fairness, Hawley did create two characters I found appealing. Claire, seems like a pretty badass chick even if she is a spoiled brat. unfortunately, Claire’s death sets everything else in motion (I don’t feel like that’s a spoiler since it’s like the first thing to happen). Girl knows how to make an exit. And, Judge Margot. Whenever she was in the picture the story had more depth, more heart. Those parts were enjoyable.