A review by bunceyyy
I Hate the Internet by Jarett Kobek

3.0

This is definitely for fans of hyper-intellectual fiction; what I - affectionately - refer to as "wanky" fiction. Kobek is very clever and likes to show it, so this reads more like a scathing takedown of the Internet and modern western civilisation than an actual novel, as the front cover claims it to be. It is disjointed and plotless, with slightly too many characters for me to be able to remember which one is which and how they correspond to each other. Ultimately, nothing really gets concluded. Having said that, that may be your type of thing (it's not mine). Regardless, it's very funny, and that was it's saving grace - and why I persevered to the end. Kobek has an extremely effective way of putting things; you realise how absurd the modern day is and laugh...until you consider that you are everything he is laughing at.