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bvrnthewitch 's review for:
Moxyland
by Lauren Beukes
So this book ended up being a painful read. The author attempts to make Moxyland hip, new, fresh - but it falls flat. Many authors create new words and slang in their books, particularly dystopian novels - whereas this might work in A Clockwork Orange, it just appears amateur and unnecessary here.
Moxyland is about government oppression, corporate domination, freedom of speech, and the blurred lines between anarchism and terrorism. These topics are interesting, but the book just doesn't pull it off, and I was left with a feeling of dissatisfaction, like I'd just wasted a day of my life (which I have, I suppose).
Also, I'd like to comment on the quote on the cover by Charles Stross - "full of spiky originality, a new kind of sf munching it's way out of the intestines of the wasp-paralysed caterpillar of cyberpunk"... What? WHAT? Can that be repeated in English? As soon as I read that, I should have known. Sometimes, you should definitely judge a book by its cover.
Moxyland is about government oppression, corporate domination, freedom of speech, and the blurred lines between anarchism and terrorism. These topics are interesting, but the book just doesn't pull it off, and I was left with a feeling of dissatisfaction, like I'd just wasted a day of my life (which I have, I suppose).
Also, I'd like to comment on the quote on the cover by Charles Stross - "full of spiky originality, a new kind of sf munching it's way out of the intestines of the wasp-paralysed caterpillar of cyberpunk"... What? WHAT? Can that be repeated in English? As soon as I read that, I should have known. Sometimes, you should definitely judge a book by its cover.