( 10 reviews )
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Posted: Apr 6 2009
Do not waste your time, or money on this. Dear mr ruff. When writing "satire" you must be both funny and relevant. You achieve neither.
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Posted: Apr 30 2008
This book was very bad. It is not genius, clever, or even that interesting. The characters are not developed in any real way and the premise and plot situations are sophomoric and trite. This reads like a college student who had just read some philosophy and other literature decided to write a novel based on what he'd just learned. Had Ruff just read Ayn Rand before he wrote this? There's really no excuse for using her as a character in this book. It's unfair to and not even funny. This book was a waste of time and my whole book group agreed. It just made us angry. I advise you to use your time more wisely to read something worthwhile. I can't believe this got published.Is it possible to give negative stars as a rating?
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( 1 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: Jan 19 2008
I originally wrote this "private" review in December 2002; however, I noticed some of the negative reviews and decided to re-post. Matt Ruff is just amazing. SGE and FOTH are two of my all time favorites. I've read SGE twice but lost my original copy so now I must buy another. Thank you to Amazon for restocking it!!! 12/21/2002: Brilliant! Genocide, electronic slaves, eco-crusaders, the politics of power, social responsibility...how do you construct a novel with all these elements without frightening or boring your reader to death? Matt Ruff knows: a true artist. He extends reality to the point of what is seemingly fantastic; but, is it really? Probably not; however, the flow of Ruff's lyrical writing style and excellent comic relief empowers the reader with a sense of hope. All I can say is... WOW!!! This is a must for anyone's personal library. A rating under 4 doesn't do this book justice. I've given it a 5. PS: FOTH is a very different book but another great example of Ruff's amazing talent.
