Zoey Is Too Drunk for This Dystopia
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4.5 • 52 Ratings
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Zoey is Too Drunk for This Dystopia is the latest installment in New York Times bestselling author Jason Pargin's thrilling Zoey Ashe sci-fi series.
Zoey Ashe wakes up every day feeling like she’s trying to steer a battleship while tied to the propeller. The twenty-three-year-old heiress to a criminal empire is navigating a futuristic world of high-tech liars and cutthroats, forced to learn the rules of a devious game she never asked to play. Now she’s facing a crisis that is both bigger and stranger than all that came before:
The gleaming new city of Tabula Ra$a is hosting its massive annual music festival, which every year precedes the equally massive annual drunken riot. This is all organized by Zoey's people, including the riot. As her advisors explain, the citizens need a little controlled chaos now and then. Zoey, however, fears the chaos will not stay controlled for long.
When a horrific crime is broadcast live on an all-seeing social network, Zoey and her team suspect a carefully-stage hoax arranged by one of the Tabula Ra$a’s shadowy power players. But in a city in which lies are always served in layers, even that explanation will prove far too simple.
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Pargin's wild and biting third Zoey Ashe romp (after Zoey Punches the Future in the Dick) continues the existential misadventures of the trailer park scamp turned reluctant heiress to a criminal empire as she navigates the dystopian city of Tabula Ra$a, Utah. The book begins with a news report of Zoey's death, then flashes back 44 hours to show readers a Zoey who is decidedly not coping well with being The Boss. She's forced to deal with The Suits, her underlings, as well as two equally horrible candidates for mayor vying for her support. Add in the complete lack of privacy afforded by her high-tech lair and random assassination attempts against her, and getting drunk seems to Zoey to be her best option. Unfortunately for her, she can't resist doing what's right. So when she learns of three missing women, all sex workers, she decides to investigate. Along the way she must deal with shady politicians, rabid pranksters, and other malcontents—and that's just in her inner circle. Pargin's signature fluid style keeps the gonzo action moving as he uses Zoey's predicament to explore themes of social justice, political necessity, and the sometimes-adverse correlation of wealth to happiness. Readers will be just as taken with this unlikely antiheroine as ever.
Customer Reviews
I enjoyed the story!
It was a good read. Funny with sprinkles of existential crisis to keep you warm at night.