Review: Dystopia with a shot of Jack
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 7, 2013
I remember the days when dystopia was the avant guard of Science of Speculative Fiction. I live four blocks from the dingy condominium where Philip Dick left this planet for some place probably not as strange as he was. So my dystopian credentials are intact. When I say this novel meets all the basic points of good fiction of this type I know what I'm saying.My favorite character is Faith, a warped soldier who helps a team of teenage juvenile delinquents take on the more warped plans of a Congressman. And that's what makes this novel good. The often whitewashed product of this type of fiction these days doesn't allow for gritty good guys. This a good example of what dystopia is at it's best, warts and all.