The 50 Miss Dream Teen contestants think they are heading to a nice little beach trip but instead, their plane crashes into a deserted island. All of their chaperons and other adults are killed as are more than half the girls upon impact. Now the remaining girls must figure out how to survive but if they are to be rescued, they also need to look their best and what about being ready to compete? Well, turns out that isn't quite as important when you find the secret Corporation base on the island filled with people who knew you were there and were hoping you would die and are happy to take care of that little problem if the snakes don't do it for them.
I grabbed this book as a friend mentioned it as being on her to-read list and it sounded interesting. I was looking for something a bit lighter so I picked it up and was not disappointed. It was definitely more in the chic-lit section that I usually travel but at the same time, it was a book about friendship, finding themselves, learning to be honest about themselves. I loved that they outlawed the word "sorry" on the island because they realized that girls and women tend to use that word all the time for things that they do not need to be apologizing for. There were a lot of moments like that which were good positive feminist messages but there was plenty of WTH moments in it as well. In all, I enjoyed it and it was perfect for my headspace this month.
Page count: 405p/23,321p ytd/238,253p lifetime
Showing posts with label satire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label satire. Show all posts
Friday, August 14, 2015
Sunday, August 24, 2014
89:120 Big Egos by S.G. Browne
So many of us have wished we were someone else, usually some one famous, to leave our boring mundane life behind if only for a little while. Now thanks to Big Egos, you can do just that. For $10k, you can buy a vial of substance that will allow you to imitate anyone of numerous famous people or fictional characters for a few hours. Live it up and enjoy stepping outside of your own life. What can it hurt?
Our narrator works for Big Egos and is a major user of his product. It's getting the point where he spends more time as someone else than he does as himself. Now he has his best friend hooked on them but since he can't afford the real deal, Nat's been picking them up on the black market. Now it appears that there is a problem with the black market egos that is causing dangerous side-effects and our narrator has been asked to find those who have been using them and give them an antidote on the sly to keep things out of the news. Of course, that means going to more and more Ego parties and it's getting to the point where he's not always sure who he is any more. Can you lose your mind while becoming several other people? He may be on his way to finding out.
There was so much going on in this book that I don't even know where to start. It's insightful in strange ways, satirical, macabre in it's own way, with enough humor to keep it from ever getting overwhelming but you find yourself thinking back to the themes it brings up.
Page count: 367p/23,570p ytd/204,608p lifetime
Our narrator works for Big Egos and is a major user of his product. It's getting the point where he spends more time as someone else than he does as himself. Now he has his best friend hooked on them but since he can't afford the real deal, Nat's been picking them up on the black market. Now it appears that there is a problem with the black market egos that is causing dangerous side-effects and our narrator has been asked to find those who have been using them and give them an antidote on the sly to keep things out of the news. Of course, that means going to more and more Ego parties and it's getting to the point where he's not always sure who he is any more. Can you lose your mind while becoming several other people? He may be on his way to finding out.
There was so much going on in this book that I don't even know where to start. It's insightful in strange ways, satirical, macabre in it's own way, with enough humor to keep it from ever getting overwhelming but you find yourself thinking back to the themes it brings up.
Page count: 367p/23,570p ytd/204,608p lifetime
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)