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Jennifer Government (Vintage Contemporaries) - Community Reviews back

by Max Barry
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Dispatches from Terabithia
Dispatches from Terabithia rated it 11 years ago
Dude, I totally got the point after about ten pages. Talk about beating a dead horse.
The Book Frog
The Book Frog rated it 11 years ago
In the future no one will want to pay taxes to support the government. Everyone will want all services to be privatized, and they will wear corporate logos to show their brand loyalty. In the future everyone will be a consumer and everything will be a product. In the future there will be artifici...
wbebout
wbebout rated it 11 years ago
Bland. The characters were bland, the action was bland, the story was bland. This is a dystopian story about the over corporatization of the world. Of course the corporate world was made a villian as well as the NRA. There was also the cheering for big government that fuels the Left's world.
Wyvernfriend Reads
Wyvernfriend Reads rated it 12 years ago
I found this book very enjoyable, just the right sort of book for me, scarcastic, witty and slightly futuristic. As J D Robb's future shows some hope, this is the future of the corporations with all the power, a situation I can see happening. Nike have a clever marketing plan done by one of their e...
kristenrenn
kristenrenn rated it 12 years ago
This book had been on my wishlist for a while...so long, in fact, that I had forgotten why I put it on there and what it was about.The little blurb on the cover said it is a cross between Catch-22 and The Matrix. I would say it absolutely had elements of the absurdist satirical humor of Catch-22, t...
ayanami
ayanami rated it 12 years ago
I really enjoyed some of the ideas in this book-- particularly the corporate surnames-- but the story was mostly flat and unengaging. None of the characters were particularly interesting or memorable.
crstarlette
crstarlette rated it 12 years ago
Good ideas. Heavy-handed messages, stock characters.
oh the guilt
oh the guilt rated it 12 years ago
See my review of The Iron Heel
Nocturnal Book Reviews
Nocturnal Book Reviews rated it 13 years ago
4.5/5Max Barry is an evil genius!it's no secret that I love satire (Beauty Queens, anyone?), and this is creme de la creme of it. I absolutely loved it, and this book gave me chills.The writing is insane, sharp, snarky and gripping. There is a very important story behind all the insanity, and it's w...
Genosha is for lovers
Genosha is for lovers rated it 15 years ago
I agree this book is a lot like a failed screen play but the parts that are good are really good. The parts that are bad are just boring.
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