This book is a conspiracy theorist's dream - a wealthy elite controlling a dumbed-down population, a corrupt and serve-serving government, the press being manipulated, secret plans to cause a seemingly 'natural' disaster to cull the population. OK, some of that is probably true (hopefully not the disaster bit!)
Why only 2 stars? Many reasons but here are my top three:
- Firstly it's about 90% dialogue! I'm not joking. No book should be published with so much dialogue. Pages and pages of it!
- Secondly, the characters are paper-thin and are all the same - male, white, posh, powerful, evil - I genuinely could not tell most of them apart. Even some of the names were similar.
- Thirdly, why on earth would the US and UK governments collude to cull their OWN populations? It made no sense. A parasite needs a host to survive, even if the parasite is a government or a wealthy elite.