Chain-Gang All Stars

She felt their eyes, all those executioners... Enter a world where, watched by millions, prisoners fight like gladiators for the ultimate prize: their freedom. 'You cannot applaud [this] novel without getting blood on your hands...' NEW YORK TIMES 'A dystopian vision so...illuminating that it should permanently shift our understanding of who we are and what we're capable of doing' WASHINGTON POST 'Electrifying' GEORGE SAUNDERS Welcome to Chain-Gang All-Stars, the popular and highl...

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Аноним28 мая 2025 г.
This one was really hard to read - not because it was filled with violence (which it was) but because it was so real at times, despite being a dystopian alternate reality type story. The realness is further stressed by the footnotes added by the author containing various IRL stats and facts: police and jail brutality, the disproportionate amount of people of color among the incarcerated, women being given harsh sentences for killing their rapists, abusers, and would-be murderers, and much more.
This is one of the books that is hard to say "I enjoyed/loved it" about because it is so brutal, but it was a good read, albeit heartbreaking and terrifying.
The pacing was a bit off as it starts with a bloody and dramatic fight scene but then goes meandering in the middle.
The message - albeit a good one - was sometimes too loudly spelled out. It is quite clear and loud from the story itself, but we also have characters spelling it out which feels redundant and a bit like the author doesn't trust the readers to get it otherwise.
The characters lacked depth - they felt more like symbols than actual people, but their stories and fates still packed a heavy emotional punch.
Overall, a great example of a dystopian novel with deadly games and trials stuff, but be wary of the physical and emotional brutality of it.
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