_brooke___'s review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
ajaggers324's review against another edition
By the time I finally got around to reading it, it was too out of date. It was hard to read because of what did and didn’t happen.
jnt7w2's review against another edition
5.0
Funny and poignant with a somewhat happy ending so glad i grabbed this!!
skiracechick's review against another edition
4.0
I found this story really fascinating. It really is a different perspective on how things could be. I know I read some quite negative reviews from people saying they couldn’t stand the book because of what it was suggesting, but isn’t that the point of fiction? To explore those “what if moments?”
Also, I highly recommend listening to this as an audiobook rather than reading it.
Also, I highly recommend listening to this as an audiobook rather than reading it.
dewalrus's review
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
gabrielasilgado's review
dark
funny
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
manadabomb's review against another edition
5.0
As an audio book, I wasn't a fan of Janeane Garofalo's style. A lot of her character voices were just speaking louder.
As a book, I loved this one! First Buckley book I've read and I really like his style of writing. Boomsday is political satire based on the baby boomers retirement and the inevitable depletion of Social Security.
Cassandra Devine, labeled as a morally superior PR chick, leads the way in renouncing baby boomers squandering of Social Security. It starts innocently enough with protests on golf courses and leads to Devine and Senator Jepperson trying to pass a bill of Voluntary Transitioning. VT is basically advocating suicide once a person reaches 70.
Devine and Jepperson have a sketchy past, throw in Devine's "prick" of a father, the current president who swears like a sailor with Tourette's Syndrome, a reverend who heads SPERM and desperately wants to have sex, and the Pope, then you have a wild ride of a novel that is pretty damn fun to read.
As a book, I loved this one! First Buckley book I've read and I really like his style of writing. Boomsday is political satire based on the baby boomers retirement and the inevitable depletion of Social Security.
Cassandra Devine, labeled as a morally superior PR chick, leads the way in renouncing baby boomers squandering of Social Security. It starts innocently enough with protests on golf courses and leads to Devine and Senator Jepperson trying to pass a bill of Voluntary Transitioning. VT is basically advocating suicide once a person reaches 70.
Devine and Jepperson have a sketchy past, throw in Devine's "prick" of a father, the current president who swears like a sailor with Tourette's Syndrome, a reverend who heads SPERM and desperately wants to have sex, and the Pope, then you have a wild ride of a novel that is pretty damn fun to read.
chadmy123's review
adventurous
funny
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
asteroidbuckle's review against another edition
4.0
Two words: Effing hilarious!
I picked this up in the Midway airport on my way back from Chicago and wow...what a wonderful find!
Picture it: 77 million Baby Boomers are on the verge of retirement, which is putting a strain on the already floundering Social Security system. The US economy is in the toilet and Congress just passed a bill raising Social Security taxes 30% for the under thirty crowd.
Enter Cassandra Devine. She's a PR spin doctor at a high-profile Washington, D.C firm that specializes in scraping the muck of crooks until they shine. In her spare time, she operates a blog called CASSANDRA that focuses primarily on spewing vitriol at Baby Boomers and inciting riots at Florida golf courses.
There are many wonderful characters in this scathingly funny book: the blue-blooded senator who rides Cassandra's "Voluntary Transitioning" platform all the way to a run at the presidency; the conniving and back-stabbing presidential chief of staff who goes to any lengths to make his boss look good; the billionare software mogul who has a tennis pro wife and delusions of grandeur (and who also happens to be Cassandra's father); the pompous and portly Southern Bible-beater who waxes poetic about the sanctity of human life (and who may or may not have killed his own mother); and last, but not least, the incomparable and selectively blind PR wizard (Cassandra's boss) who doesn't care how morally bankrupt his clients are as long as the pay is good.
All of these characters come together in a fantastically-crafted story about the generation gap, politics, religion, and the art of spin. This is the first Christopher Buckley book I've read, but if his others are as good as this one, I'll definitely read them.
My only complaint? The ending was a little too abrupt.
I picked this up in the Midway airport on my way back from Chicago and wow...what a wonderful find!
Picture it: 77 million Baby Boomers are on the verge of retirement, which is putting a strain on the already floundering Social Security system. The US economy is in the toilet and Congress just passed a bill raising Social Security taxes 30% for the under thirty crowd.
Enter Cassandra Devine. She's a PR spin doctor at a high-profile Washington, D.C firm that specializes in scraping the muck of crooks until they shine. In her spare time, she operates a blog called CASSANDRA that focuses primarily on spewing vitriol at Baby Boomers and inciting riots at Florida golf courses.
There are many wonderful characters in this scathingly funny book: the blue-blooded senator who rides Cassandra's "Voluntary Transitioning" platform all the way to a run at the presidency; the conniving and back-stabbing presidential chief of staff who goes to any lengths to make his boss look good; the billionare software mogul who has a tennis pro wife and delusions of grandeur (and who also happens to be Cassandra's father); the pompous and portly Southern Bible-beater who waxes poetic about the sanctity of human life (and who may or may not have killed his own mother); and last, but not least, the incomparable and selectively blind PR wizard (Cassandra's boss) who doesn't care how morally bankrupt his clients are as long as the pay is good.
All of these characters come together in a fantastically-crafted story about the generation gap, politics, religion, and the art of spin. This is the first Christopher Buckley book I've read, but if his others are as good as this one, I'll definitely read them.
My only complaint? The ending was a little too abrupt.