Bakers Dozen 2013: 9

Jennifer Government by Max Barry

Almost one year ago I reviewed this book, Jennifer Government by Max Barry and LOVED it.  I gave this book a 5 out of 5 because I loved it so much.  This was one of those suggestions by my former boss at the book store and I bought this book at another discount book store almost eight years ago.  SO I had this book in my collection for about 7 years before I had even picked it up and started to read it.  I remember thinking to myself, "why didn't I read this sooner?  I had it this whole time and never read it!"  I can honestly say I was a little mad at myself for that.

So in case you haven't read my book review (here) I'll do a quick overview of what Jennifer Government was about.  So the book is set some point in the future, exactly when was never stated, but you got the sense that there was a decent amount of time for the world to become like this.  Now in this future, we are essentially owned by corporations.  So if your name is Jane Smith but you work for Barnes and Nobles you would be known as Jane Barnes and Nobles.  The government is also pretty much dictated by the high powered corporations that have the most money.  Jennifer works for the government and and is investigating the murders of a dozen or so kids because the company Nike put at hit out on them to promote the newest shoes.  This story you see corruption with in companies and Jennifer's fight to uphold the law to her best.

This was an incredibly fun book to read, but it also made you think.  The plot didn't seem all that far fetched and that is kind of a scary thing to think about.  Usually books like this don't appeal to me, but the author wrote it just like how I would watch a movie.  No it isn't written like a script, but when reading it I could easily picture what was going on.  I remember so much of this book vividly that it will stay in my mind for a long time.