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Ftw: The Rise Of The Anarchy March
F.T.W dives deep into the bleak and post apocalyptic nation formerly known as the United States Of America. When the ideology of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness was taken for granted, those same rights were infringed. In the near future, the republic has been torn apart into sovereign countries by politics, greed, power, and religious beliefs, and has become nothing more than a bedtime story to the children of the Prominent Municipality. The horrors that ensued from decades of raging wars between the upper and lower classes gave rise to a punk brigade known as The Anarchy March. They fight to overthrow their corrupt government's tyranny on humanity and save the world from the stagnant status quo.
228 pages, Paperback
Published December 7, 2020
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Russ Lippitt
5 books36 followersRuss Lippitt lives in Los Angeles, CA. He is the Anarchologist of our time; the author of the critically acclaimed Lion’s Share, a sought-after counterculture featured columnist, and has several script and film projects in the works. Lippitt is the articulate voice of the younger generation of punks and societal rebels.
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December 14, 2021
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got an ARC of this book from the author.
I am a total dystopian junkie. Give me the government that is torturing its own people and I am intrigued. So many of those books gloss over the horrors of what a revolution would actually look like. Lippitt doesn’t. I had to put this book down multiple times and just take a minute for my stomach to settle. The only media I can say is comparable is the movie adaptation of Battle Royale and the sequel movie.
The book follows three young adults in their quest to deliver a chemical weapon to the leader of the Anarchy March and beyond. But they are young adults in a terrifying world filled with the fallouts of a government that cares more about controlling people than helping them and maybe a nuclear winter as well so nothing really goes smoothly. There is talk of Nukies (seems to be a whole new species of humanoids that have been changed by the possible nuclear winter) and a religious cult. This book really has everything I could want in a dystopian.
The violence and the gore is described so intensely that it did churn my stomach. The horrors of war were not skipped over. There was flesh literally being eaten away by acid and dripping off of bodies. It was chilling. The details are where Lippitt excels.
There was casual queer characters, where being queer really wasn’t anything important to the plot and just happened. It didn’t go beyond existing in a few characters and only was was a bigger character. There were some issues I had with the queer rep, but it would give away plot points so I will things vague. It made sense for the plot for one of my issues, but the other was just queer coding in a way I didn’t like. Though to be fair not many of the characters were fully fleshed out, I think this is partially because the story is so much bigger than the characters and I can see where this could easily be the start of a series. There is a bunch of room for a prequel and a sequel. I would love to read more and I think that reading more would erase my issues with the queer rep based on what Lippitt has shown. I want to see some of the beginnings of things. I need to know more about the Dream Children and more about the Nukies. I want to know what happens after the book ends. I need more.
The story is the main part of this book. The characters fall by the wayside. Things would have been different with other characters of course, but this isn’t the story of the three young adults, but the story of what is happening. I have never read a story like this one before. It feels weird trying to describe it since I immediately tried to make it about the characters, but it is just so much bigger than that.
If you are into dystopians, this will be so much different than every other dystopian you have read. Most dystopians at this point feel like cookie cutter stories and are so easily guessed based on a formula. That formula just doesn’t exist in this book. It is the first dystopian I have read in years that is truly unique.
got an ARC of this book from the author.
I am a total dystopian junkie. Give me the government that is torturing its own people and I am intrigued. So many of those books gloss over the horrors of what a revolution would actually look like. Lippitt doesn’t. I had to put this book down multiple times and just take a minute for my stomach to settle. The only media I can say is comparable is the movie adaptation of Battle Royale and the sequel movie.
The book follows three young adults in their quest to deliver a chemical weapon to the leader of the Anarchy March and beyond. But they are young adults in a terrifying world filled with the fallouts of a government that cares more about controlling people than helping them and maybe a nuclear winter as well so nothing really goes smoothly. There is talk of Nukies (seems to be a whole new species of humanoids that have been changed by the possible nuclear winter) and a religious cult. This book really has everything I could want in a dystopian.
The violence and the gore is described so intensely that it did churn my stomach. The horrors of war were not skipped over. There was flesh literally being eaten away by acid and dripping off of bodies. It was chilling. The details are where Lippitt excels.
There was casual queer characters, where being queer really wasn’t anything important to the plot and just happened. It didn’t go beyond existing in a few characters and only was was a bigger character. There were some issues I had with the queer rep, but it would give away plot points so I will things vague. It made sense for the plot for one of my issues, but the other was just queer coding in a way I didn’t like. Though to be fair not many of the characters were fully fleshed out, I think this is partially because the story is so much bigger than the characters and I can see where this could easily be the start of a series. There is a bunch of room for a prequel and a sequel. I would love to read more and I think that reading more would erase my issues with the queer rep based on what Lippitt has shown. I want to see some of the beginnings of things. I need to know more about the Dream Children and more about the Nukies. I want to know what happens after the book ends. I need more.
The story is the main part of this book. The characters fall by the wayside. Things would have been different with other characters of course, but this isn’t the story of the three young adults, but the story of what is happening. I have never read a story like this one before. It feels weird trying to describe it since I immediately tried to make it about the characters, but it is just so much bigger than that.
If you are into dystopians, this will be so much different than every other dystopian you have read. Most dystopians at this point feel like cookie cutter stories and are so easily guessed based on a formula. That formula just doesn’t exist in this book. It is the first dystopian I have read in years that is truly unique.
March 2, 2021
Sad to say I did not finish.
I admire the book's verve and rebellious spirit. It's worth owning for the cover alone.
It is a kind of violence porn. It could inspire people who usually get their dopamine hit from very violent videogames to read a book. This is a good thing.
The author has created a terrible dystopia and has made an effort to develop sympathetic young characters, struggling to survive in constant war and degradation. I was hoping to persevere to see some resolution (and it's probably there). But the characters are not sufficiently developed. I'm up to Testament III and I still don't care.
Russ Lippett has talent and the boldness for radical storytelling. I'm glad the book exists. The obscenity of the violence and the impulse toward social justice will be compelling for some young readers. Sympathetic editors--developmental and line edits would make this book better.
I admire the book's verve and rebellious spirit. It's worth owning for the cover alone.
It is a kind of violence porn. It could inspire people who usually get their dopamine hit from very violent videogames to read a book. This is a good thing.
The author has created a terrible dystopia and has made an effort to develop sympathetic young characters, struggling to survive in constant war and degradation. I was hoping to persevere to see some resolution (and it's probably there). But the characters are not sufficiently developed. I'm up to Testament III and I still don't care.
Russ Lippett has talent and the boldness for radical storytelling. I'm glad the book exists. The obscenity of the violence and the impulse toward social justice will be compelling for some young readers. Sympathetic editors--developmental and line edits would make this book better.
March 16, 2022
WOW. Gritty, unflinching, and … refreshing. Dystopian fic gets a bad rap for predictability, but I can honestly say I didn’t expect most of the twists and turns the story took. Passing along to my sixteen year old to help push her political development 😂
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