The Age of the Conglomerates: A Novel of the Future

Called Orwelling on the back cover, it definitely is not...much. It is Orwellian insomuch as there is a strong government that wishes to control your every movement, similar to 1984; however, that seems to be where the similarities end. This novel, in a short space, introduces too many character plotlines, spending inordinate amounts of time on some, then magically returning to a different one...more

Called Orwelling on the back cover, it definitely is not...much. It is Orwellian insomuch as there is a strong government that wishes to control your every movement, similar to 1984; however, that seems to be where the similarities end. This novel, in a short space, introduces too many character plotlines, spending inordinate amounts of time on some, then magically returning to a different one 3 chapters later. None of the characters are fully developed; just when it appears that's going to happen, we are taken to another character's plotline. Toward the end, as with the other novels I have read recently, everything seems to come together too easily. If the government were indeed Orwellian, then there would be more conflict than is mentioned. There would be more challenges to overcome. As it is, it was too neat, too easy, too formulaic. I started this book thinking I was going to read a great new version of the dystopian futuristic novel, only to be sadly disappointed. Read if you want, but it's not one I'll recommend.   hide

great book. quick read. prologue is prescient to the point where it's kind of scary.

It is like a 290 page plot outline of a much larger and much better book. Great concept. Poor execution of story.