Review Fuzzy Nation John Scalzi

John Scalzi's Fuzzy Nation 2011

It's an engaging and sparkling story, with lots of twists and turns and cliff hanger chapter endings. The construction of events is elegant, though there are a few bits that feel broken, like the corporation's lawyer perjuring himself in the hearing, that's a bit out of character. Felt like there might have been holes that weren't neatly filled in, and so a slight aftertaste of dissatisfaction. This might be from a lack of careful attention or drifting off to sleep 🙂 Only a repeat of the book would confirm that everything was properly sewed up. The characters are for the most part variations on the main character, the snarky dialogue becomes a little repetitious, the main characters all have the same conversational approach, to varying degrees. The main character turns out to be a sort of superman strategist and secret Machiavelli, that's his transformation. From sort of a loner / looser only out for himself to a true champion of the vulnerable. The big clue about him is dropped at the very start - he has a dog named Carl that he and the other antagonistic characters like, so you know that he's not going to ultimately turn out out be a dick.

His legal expertise is his superpower, and as the story unfolds, we discover that he is an adept fusion of philip marlow and super lawyer, if marlow had owned a dog. Also the dog setting off the charges turns out to be his at his x girlfriends instigation? Blurring out the culpability and his own treachery towards her at the prior inquiry that breaks them up.

Review of John Scalzi's Fuzzy Nation

It's an engaging and sparkling story, with lots of twists and turns and cliff hanger chapter endings. The construction of events is elegant, though there are a few bits that feel broken, like the corporation's lawyer perjuring himself in the hearing, that's a bit out of character. Felt like there might have been holes that weren't neatly filled in, and so a slight aftertaste of dissatisfaction. This might be from a lack of careful attention or drifting off to sleep 🙂 Only a repeat of the book would confirm that everything was properly sewed up. The characters are for the most part variations on the main character, the snarky dialogue becomes a little repetitious, the main characters all have the same conversational approach, to varying degrees. The main character turns out to be a sort of superman strategist and secret Machiavelli, that's his transformation. From sort of a loner / looser only out for himself to a true champion of the vulnerable. The big clue about him is dropped at the very start - he has a dog named Carl that he and the other antagonistic characters like, so you know that he's not going to ultimately turn out out be a dick.

His legal expertise is his superpower, and as the story unfolds, we discover that he is an adept fusion of philip marlow and super lawyer, if marlow had owned a dog. Also the dog setting off the charges turns out to be his at his x girlfriends instigation? Blurring out the culpability and his own treachery towards her at the prior inquiry that breaks them up.