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A review by justiceofkalr
Moxyland by Lauren Beukes
4.0
Well fuck, that was kind of a depressing ending. But in a "I love this ending and it really makes sense" kind of way. Depressingly good. Or something. If that makes sense.
This is what I keep wishing for when I read Doctorow books. Especially Little Brother. But I'm always disappointed with him. There's something in his writing that just grates on my nerves. An overly cool trendy feel or something. I can never quite pin it down. Beukes manages to do a similar thing but pull it off way better. She uses slang and her characters are fighting the system and all, but she manages to stay on the right side of the fine line between cool and obnoxious. Which isn't to say that her characters aren't obnoxious. They are. But somehow still interesting despite that. The "big idea" stuff going on in this novel was definitely the main attraction though, and definitely worth the read.
This is what I keep wishing for when I read Doctorow books. Especially Little Brother. But I'm always disappointed with him. There's something in his writing that just grates on my nerves. An overly cool trendy feel or something. I can never quite pin it down. Beukes manages to do a similar thing but pull it off way better. She uses slang and her characters are fighting the system and all, but she manages to stay on the right side of the fine line between cool and obnoxious. Which isn't to say that her characters aren't obnoxious. They are. But somehow still interesting despite that. The "big idea" stuff going on in this novel was definitely the main attraction though, and definitely worth the read.