Look, I could have given it four, but I enjoyed the righteous anger so much I am steering towards five.

The closest that I've read to Vonnegut in a while, which is no small praise! Like Vonnegut, some of the stylistic conceits can get a bit repetitive. That said, Kobek is correct in smashing the reader over the head with most of the obscenities that pass for the state of modern society. Given that the novel ends at the dawn of 2014, I can only imagine what he'd make of the current state of affairs.

This is a relentless attack on the mindlessness that has accompanied the digital age, and not the book to turn to looking for hope. Yes, a lot of it consists of little more than exasperated and muddled ranting, but you know, he has a point!