A review by snickies
Popco by Scarlett Thomas

3.0

3.5 stars. 4 stars for the parts about her childhood, cryptography, and the treasure. 2-3 stars for the heavy-handed preaching. It got to be a bit much fairly early into the story and by the end I was rolling my eyes at NoCo, even if I do generally agree with the evilness of multi-national corporations, big business, etc. It was the other aspects of the story that kept me reading. I also really liked that this is a book with a female protagonist who is complex, flawed, geeky, and likeable.