A review by aleffert
Fool on the Hill by Matt Ruff

4.0

This was a good time. There were fairies and nerds and bohemians and elaborate social commentary on domestic pets. The plot was kind of on rails in an annoying way. There was lots of foreshadowing and a solid deus ex machina. If you admit that something is a deus ex machina and explicitly make that fact part of the story it does not change the fact that it is a lame way to end a story. That said, I had a lot of fun reading this and hearing about college students causing trouble. Imagine Tom Robbins mixed with Neal Stephenson's The Big U and you have a pretty clear idea of what you're getting into here.