A review by jammasterjamie
Thank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley

4.0

A really fun read if you enjoy sarcasm and dated 90's references. I happen to enjoy both of those things, so this was a very enjoyable book for me. This was actually my second reading - I first read back in those now-dated 90's and I remembered loving it enough that I knew I would never see the movie, and that opinion hold up. Nick Naylor is exactly who you want him to be - An arrogant, yuppie douche-bag whose moral compass is set to 'wrong', and while his character arc does shift quite a bit from beginning to end, his ultimate motivation never really does, and that is his quest to get ahead in his career and to always be the smartest guy in the room. I'm not going to say any more as I don't believe in reviews that spoil the story at all, but if you're anti-corporate, anti-government, anti-crusader, and basically anti-establishment in general, you'll probably enjoy this as a nice summer read.