{"id":448,"date":"2012-06-25T10:15:31","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T18:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/?p=448"},"modified":"2012-06-25T10:15:31","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T18:15:31","slug":"jennifer-government-review-on-goodreads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bukkhead.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/25\/jennifer-government-review-on-goodreads\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Government– review on Goodreads"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Jennifer<\/a>Jennifer Government<\/a> by Max Barry<\/a><\/p>\n

My rating: 4 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n

I finished up Max Barry\u2019s Company<\/em> and decided I\u2019d go back in time and re-read JG<\/em> as well. I called Company<\/em> \u201ccorporate cubicle fiction\u201d so I guess JG<\/em> is “corporate overthrow fiction,” for want of a better term. Barry takes the idea of the corporation as a world-changing force of nature and pursues it to a logical (and therefore, ironically, absurd) conclusion, where governments are pushed to the side as corporations and the countries they represent start to merge. Capitalism as nightmare, without any of that silly communism as an antidote.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll want to take a few willing-suspension-of-disbelief vitamins before diving in, but you won\u2019t be disappointed if you do. Barry\u2019s economic structures take a little getting used to, but they\u2019re just props for him to explore corporate partnerships run amuck, the dangerously pervasive nature of advertising, global-mob psychology, and a dog-eat-dog world. Is that too much for you to swallow? Never fear\u2014it\u2019s all part of an action-adventure. Murder! Violence! Guns! Guerilla Marketing!<\/p>\n

And a twisted story line that will having you hopping around the globe from character to character, trying to keep track, although they all come together at the end for the final showdown. Allow me to repeat what I said about Company<\/em>, which is even more true in JG<\/em>: Barry\u2019s style is a bit stark, a bit plain, matter-of-fact. He gives you just enough description to keep things straight, letting you fill in the rest. But, whereas in Company<\/em> that forced the reader to paint with her own experiences, in JG<\/em> it\u2019s just stark\u2014existentialism as advertised by Nike.<\/p>\n

Another fast read; and what review would be complete with mentioning Nationstates.net<\/a>, nation simulation game and a tie-in to the book that\u2019s been online now since JG<\/em>‘s publication in 2003.<\/p>\n

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Jennifer Government by Max Barry My rating: 4 of 5 stars I finished up Max Barry\u2019s Company and decided I\u2019d go back in time and re-read JG as well. I called Company \u201ccorporate cubicle fiction\u201d so I guess JG is “corporate overthrow fiction,” for want of a better term. Barry takes the idea of the … <\/p>\n

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