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A review by clare_tan_wenhui
Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd. by Jonas Jonasson
3.0
This book's depiction of the development of modern art, capitalism and consumer behaviour, and civil service bureaucracy were hilarious enough to evoke a chuckle here and there, while maintaining the author's reader-friendly signature Douglas Adam-ish matter-of-fact deadpan black humour prose, it sorely falls short in terms of significance.
Unlike debut [b:The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared|36578942|The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (The Hundred-Year-Old Man, #1)|Jonas Jonasson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1510447566l/36578942._SY75_.jpg|10365993] which brilliantly subverted readers' own stereotypical mindset toward the elderly thus elevating the highly enjoyable reading experience, Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd merely churns out a tonally similar absurdist plot, conveniently rife with stereotypes of capitalist business, civil service, art scene and impression of developing African nations, just entertaining the reader while accomplishing nothing else, much like all those inept and incompetent stuff it takes digs at. How ironic to say the least.
Unlike debut [b:The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared|36578942|The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (The Hundred-Year-Old Man, #1)|Jonas Jonasson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1510447566l/36578942._SY75_.jpg|10365993] which brilliantly subverted readers' own stereotypical mindset toward the elderly thus elevating the highly enjoyable reading experience, Sweet Sweet Revenge Ltd merely churns out a tonally similar absurdist plot, conveniently rife with stereotypes of capitalist business, civil service, art scene and impression of developing African nations, just entertaining the reader while accomplishing nothing else, much like all those inept and incompetent stuff it takes digs at. How ironic to say the least.