But she’s not a woman in distress who needs to be rescued by men she’s a woman out of her element and whose emotions run the gamut from despair to a simple desire to not put up with bullshit anymore. When confronted by homicidal maniacs intent on her death and dismemberment, she responds how, I think, any real person would: terror. She’s a normal woman, with normal expectations for her life. It’s worth noting, moreover, that Zoey Ashe is a strong female character, but not unrealistically so. Based on what I’ve seen and read of him, I’m pretty sure that giving the lead role in this story to a woman was a conscious decision on his part. David Wong is a writer and podcaster for Cracked, and he’s spent a great deal of time breaking down popular culture and analyzing the effects it has on our society. Perhaps most importantly, however, is that her being a woman doesn’t feel incidental to me.
And that’s possibly the most disappointing sentence I’ve written in any of my reviews. In fact, I think this is the only book I’ve read this year which had a female protagonist as the central character. I don’t think that’s a small point, either. It has the same basic plot as the aforementioned book (which I reviewed earlier in the year), but diverges in a number of distinct ways.įor starters, the protagonist here is a woman. It follows Zoe Ashe from a life of poverty in a suburban trailer park through a terrifying hunt to an inheritance she didn’t know awaited her. In many ways, it serves as a companion to Ready Player One. At least not any that you'd want to follow.Will Zoey figure it all out in time? Or maybe the better question is, will you? After all, the future is coming sooner than you think.I can’t stress how much I loved this book. Her only trusted advisor is the aforementioned cat, but even in the future, cats cannot give advice. A world in which at least one cat smells like a seafood shop's dumpster on a hot summer day.This is the world in which Zoey Ashe finds herself, navigating a futuristic city in which one can find elements of the fantastic, nightmarish and ridiculous on any street corner.
And her very smelly cat.Together, they will decide the future of mankind.Get ready for a world in which anyone can have the powers of a god or the fame of a pop star, in which human achievement soars to new heights while its depravity plunges to the blackest depths. Nightmarish villains with superhuman enhancements.An all-seeing social network that tracks your every move.Mysterious, smooth-talking power players who lurk behind the scenes.A young woman from the trailer park. Click here to purchase from Rakuten Kobo The first book in the Zoey Ashe series of sci-fi thrillers and winner of the 2016 Alex Award by New York Times bestselling author, David Wong.
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