Jennifer Government by Max Barry
Imagine living in a society where instead of being an independent person you're essentially owned by a corporation. Government is non-existent. While this book isn't set in a time period, meaning it could be now , the soon future, or distant future, it does seem like a plausible scenario if we choose to live life like this.
Jennifer Government is based around an incident involving Jennifer Government (she works for the government now and in the society your last name is the company work for. Like if you're working at Target you'd be Jane Target or Jane Home Depot). Jennifer now works for the government as an agent and she's on the case of investigating the murders of a dozen or so kids because Hack Nike put a hit out on them, by going to the police (crazy scenario, I know). But this goes deeper, because one power hungry maniac John Nike wishes to take over what little government that is left. Now with this story there is a lot of off shoots that go with the main plot and are all tied to Jennifer one way or another.
Now I have to be honest, I finished this book before the new year, but it has been really hard to write a review for it, not because it was an epic failure, no, just the opposite, IT WAS AWESOME! Seriously, if you liked future scenarios like Hunger Games (not saying that this book is anything like The Hunger Games I was just trying to find something to help you get an idea of the type of plot), this will blow you out of the freaking water. Max Barry wrote this in a way where you can see your self living in a society like this and wanting out, but you just don't know how. In this book there are people who are OK with living like this, people who are uncomfortable, people who take advantage, and people who are setting out to change how things are.
Jennifer Government is a fun read but it is also a thinker. You get everything you need about the society quickly and you're not loaded down with a bunch of information but it definitely makes you think. In a good way of course.
I have to say, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I couldn't put it down once I started to read and I wasn't really in a reading mood either. This book will make you laugh, think, feel for the characters, and also question what is happening now.
Again, thanks for another book suggestion Kristi!
Rating:
5 out of 5
On Deck:
Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber by Adele Lang
