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A review by jaylajohnson
Dead Money: A Novel by Jakob Kerr
3.0
It was much simpler, she thought, to see the world for "what it could be" if you never had to actually experience the world as it was. It's a lot easier to be a visionary when you're at the top of a skyscraper than when you're battling for elbow room on the street.
To be completely honest, I totally judged the author beforehand. I thought some guy who came from the tech industry wouldn't be able to properly capture a woman's experience in a male-dominated field, and wouldn't be able to produce the type of social commentary or awareness of that type of experience. I was (happily) absolutely wrong, and the way he tackled tech bro egos and social issues -classism and wealth, women in corporate spaces, career vs motherhood - were one of the strongest aspects of the story. I enjoyed Mackenzie as the badass and flawed character she was, and how her background and the pieces to the mystery were slowly revealed.
The first half of this was pretty slow, but the second half was such a treat. I personally wouldn't call this a thriller. It felt like too much of a slow burn to be considered fast paced and got bogged down by all the dialogue. I wasn't necessarily wowed by anything that happened with the twists either, but was kept entertained for the most part just by learning about the tech industry and venture capitalist world.
To be completely honest, I totally judged the author beforehand. I thought some guy who came from the tech industry wouldn't be able to properly capture a woman's experience in a male-dominated field, and wouldn't be able to produce the type of social commentary or awareness of that type of experience. I was (happily) absolutely wrong, and the way he tackled tech bro egos and social issues -classism and wealth, women in corporate spaces, career vs motherhood - were one of the strongest aspects of the story. I enjoyed Mackenzie as the badass and flawed character she was, and how her background and the pieces to the mystery were slowly revealed.
The first half of this was pretty slow, but the second half was such a treat. I personally wouldn't call this a thriller. It felt like too much of a slow burn to be considered fast paced and got bogged down by all the dialogue. I wasn't necessarily wowed by anything that happened with the twists either, but was kept entertained for the most part just by learning about the tech industry and venture capitalist world.