Reviews

Zoey Is Too Drunk for This Dystopia by Jason Pargin

helaisme's review

adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

frodo_wesseling's review against another edition

adventurous funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

sirrossington's review

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

sarahsnacks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

This whole series is so well written. 10/10 hilarious and smart. 

moelur's review

adventurous funny inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

An excellent book to chew through. In typical Pargin fashion, he articulates the profound from the mundane, or humour from the horrific. This focus is applied to the technoscape of the 21st Century, leveraging collective behaviour, the attention econony, and all the technologies that facilitate the best and worst elements of it to explore ethics in modern society.

Zoey acts as an anchor point, refusing to concede to the shady rhythms of this world. Her conversations with other characters becomes a vehicle for Socratic dialogue where real scenarios enabled by real technologies can be explored without seeming too real-world depressive.

I have not read the previous Zoey instalments, but love Jason's JDATE series, his Tiktoks and Bigfeets podcast. 

This book feels complementary to work by Cory Doctorow.

grapeoldone's review

funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

jbaty's review

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

brokeface's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

jessdipiazza's review

3.0

The beginning was a little slow so took some time to get really interested in the story. But once the author covers all the bases and gets into the good stuff it kept me interested. I won this book through the Goodreads Giveaways and am glad I did because otherwise I would never have given this book a try. #Goodreadsgiveaway Thank You for the free copy!

cmstein's review

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0