Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits

Maybe I was simply not feeling it, but the story had one stupid reaction from Zooey after another.

From deciding to just go to poor zones instead of agreeing to go to the Livingston tower, to the constant whining about her dad having everything and his poor taste.

Also come on... 4 very intelligent people, and none figured out that Molech would take her elsewhere the moment she set foot in the building?After the first kidnapping, not one of the brilliant minds could have figured out that Zooey's mother was her weak point and protect her?

The constant reminder of Arthur's terrible taste in decor and all the things he decided to have exposed in his house got old quick.

While I'm not one to jump on the feminist critique bandwagon, the book does lean heavily into sexual content and objectification of women. It's possible this fits the overall vibe of the book, but the exaggeration of these elements, including hints of potential rape used as mere page-turners at the end of chapters, feels unnecessary.

Here and there, the book presents the readers with some clever social critique but it quickly fades away amidst all the exaggeration of the story. I compare the humor in this book to the one from comedians who make jokes about farts. It's fun the first time, not for the 19872367 time.

The end of the conflict also seemed anti-climatic and convenient, considering all the building-up until that moment and the overall tendency to multiply everything by a thousand.

Considering the reviews for the book are generally good, maybe I'm not the target reader for it, but I also can't recommend it to others.