A review by tschonfeld
Anthem by Noah Hawley

2.0

I’m not exactly sure what to say about this book other than this: do not read it. It’s satire gone awry - completely over-the-top (and yet still likely realistic) but without a clear vision for what we are supposed to learn from/do with it. The author even admits this at the end (and in several weird asides through the book). I couldn’t keep the characters straight by the time I reached part 2…and I also didn’t care. There was plenty of gratuitous violence, ire, and indignation, but it really just felt like a privileged white man railing at the world. Nothing (new) to see here. Skip it.