Based on your review, I decided to read the book. Even though I knew Georgia was going to die, I thought it was well written and compelling. I did feel rather offended by the religion thing. I couldn't figure out WHY Tate and Buffy were doing the things they were doing, and so I couldn't get around believing that the author was telling me that religious people are bad people and do bad things for totally bad and illogical reasons. It was really pretty unsatisfying. I thought that Buffy's notes would contain an explanation of the conspiracy, with whys and wherefores. I'm still boggled. How does killing a bunch of people via zombie virus accomplish any goal of any advantage to Tate? And especially once he was on the ticket as VP, what possible motivation could have for wanting to kill anyone in the campaign?
I also was repeatedly put out of the book by odd inconsistencies. As a working journalist, I felt there were some odd assumptions made by the author about the business and how it works that kept making me go "huh?" I understand it's supposed to be somewhat satirical, but it's hard to write good satire about an industry that you don't really understand that well, and I don't think she does.
There were also bits that plain didn't make sense. For example, at one point, Georgia and another character go into a starbucks. The other character orders a large black coffee. The baristas stare at him in astonishment, and then apparently decide not to argue with him. Argue with him about what? About buying coffee? I don't get it. There were many, many little spots like that throughout the book that left me scratching my head.
Another example: a character that was just returning from Alaska had frostbite. Frostbite? Really? Between Super Tuesday and election day? This was the summer campaign season, and therefore it would be really hard to get frostbite, even above the arctic circle.
Similarly another character located in Canada was talking about hockey and cold weather. Again--Canada does not have winter ALL the time.
The baristas stare at him in astonishment, and then apparently decide not to argue with him. Argue with him about what? About buying coffee?
About ordering a large coffee instead of whatever made up word Starbucks uses instead of "large". At least that was my take on it. Starbucks baristas are a bit notorious for being jerks to people who don't use the correct corporate terminology.
Eh. I've never had any trouble at Starbucks using "small" or whatever. I thought maybe they were supposed to be astonished that he didn't want an espresso drink? I really don't know.
I also was repeatedly put out of the book by odd inconsistencies. As a working journalist, I felt there were some odd assumptions made by the author about the business and how it works that kept making me go "huh?" I understand it's supposed to be somewhat satirical, but it's hard to write good satire about an industry that you don't really understand that well, and I don't think she does.
There were also bits that plain didn't make sense. For example, at one point, Georgia and another character go into a starbucks. The other character orders a large black coffee. The baristas stare at him in astonishment, and then apparently decide not to argue with him. Argue with him about what? About buying coffee? I don't get it. There were many, many little spots like that throughout the book that left me scratching my head.
Another example: a character that was just returning from Alaska had frostbite. Frostbite? Really? Between Super Tuesday and election day? This was the summer campaign season, and therefore it would be really hard to get frostbite, even above the arctic circle.
Similarly another character located in Canada was talking about hockey and cold weather. Again--Canada does not have winter ALL the time.
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About ordering a large coffee instead of whatever made up word Starbucks uses instead of "large". At least that was my take on it. Starbucks baristas are a bit notorious for being jerks to people who don't use the correct corporate terminology.
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