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A review by vyegrizwald
Venomous Lumpsucker by Ned Beauman
4.0
Venomous lump sucker is a satire dystopian sci-fi that tells the tales of Karin Resaint and Mark Halyard, a scientist and a lobbyist by trade, as they deal with the impending extinction of the Venomous lumpsucker. It's hard to describe this weird late late capitalistic oligarchy set up in the book, And people smarter than me will certainly enjoy breaking that down for you. I'm just here to read books and have a good time.
All that aside, I thought the world was perfectly crafted in this book. I felt the bureaucratic and lobbyistic energy pouring out of any page yet it was very nice to enjoy the statical points that this author brought up. However, if you're not really into all of that and you just want to enjoy a funny read, I think that this is definitely a very approachable novel as well. Pacing is very important to me as a reader, but I never felt that this was too rushed or too slow for any of a long period of time that made it unreadable. There were certainly parts of this book that I feel like maybe could have read a little bit more smoothly and I was afraid that it was going to completely lose me until the last 3rd of the book because at that point it was getting a little above my head. But in general this is a very solid read. I definitely enjoyed it and I would recommend it highly for fans of sci-fi and satire alike.
All that aside, I thought the world was perfectly crafted in this book. I felt the bureaucratic and lobbyistic energy pouring out of any page yet it was very nice to enjoy the statical points that this author brought up. However, if you're not really into all of that and you just want to enjoy a funny read, I think that this is definitely a very approachable novel as well. Pacing is very important to me as a reader, but I never felt that this was too rushed or too slow for any of a long period of time that made it unreadable. There were certainly parts of this book that I feel like maybe could have read a little bit more smoothly and I was afraid that it was going to completely lose me until the last 3rd of the book because at that point it was getting a little above my head. But in general this is a very solid read. I definitely enjoyed it and I would recommend it highly for fans of sci-fi and satire alike.