A review by unboxedjack
Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits: A Novel by Jason Pargin, David Wong

funny tense medium-paced

3.25

Here’s the thing: this book was amusing, had some fairly spot on satirical critique of class, and did a fairly decent job keeping my attention aside from the copy being rife with grammatical and spelling errors (this publisher obviously needs to hire me as a copy editor). That being said, it was very clearly written by a cisgender white guy trying really hard to make a cisgender female character unique. Zoey was badass at times, but she definitely smacked of a manic pixie dream girl stereotype, albeit one with the humor of a 12-year-old. It’s not a great example of literature and tended to drag at times, but when I was able to suspend my critiques for a time, it was a fun read and I’m curious to see how the next in the series is.
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