A review by metafiktion
Moxyland by Lauren Beukes

3.0

Inventive, fast-paced cyberpunk dystopia set in South Africa. While the premise of a totalitarian, corporate-dominated and violently stratified society is not in itself the most original, Beukes’ world is full of fresh ideas and sometimes horrifying(ly genius) twists... that I wish had been more fully developed. There so many potentially interesting subplots or themes that only got passing mentions; in fact, even the eponymous “Moxyland” isn’t really explored in-depth. Excellent concept, wants for better for execution, but I’m aware this is her debut novel so I’d definitely read more of her later works.