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I'll say from the get-go that Scarlett Thomas is not a writer for everyone, but she does resonate with me. I enjoyed this book immensely. I love how she incorporates elements of science and weaves it in and out of the story. Her protagonist is unique, odd and (for me, at least), totally and completely intriguing and lovable. I can see how some people might be put off by the end, and there were a couple places where our cultural differences shone through (I'm from the US), such as the mention of genetically modified foods (which are more commonly accepted here than in Europe), however I'd say keep an open mind. It's good to challenge our thinking and our acceptance of reality, and Thomas is the master of getting you to do that.


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PopCo Scarlett Thomas 9780156031370 Books Reviews

Biggest waste of time and money! I don't think she even knew what kind of book she wanted to write. The entire part about PopCo wasn't even relevant to what I am assuming was the main story line... the code breaking for the treasure. The ending was absolutely abhorrent! It was like she just decided time was up, pen down. Awful.
Entertaining. Insightful—especially in the age of Trump; or how corporations manipulate us and how the MIC use propaganda to skew our attention to irrelevancies and obfuscate their footprints.

MIC —> Military Industrial Complex
I first encountered Scarlett Thomas's work three years ago, at a now defunct surplus book store in Reading, Pa. The book as "Our Tragic Universe", and I was attracted by the odd cover. This of curse made me grin quite a bit during the reading of "Popco", but "Universe" reminded me of several hundred discussions I was in back in the 70's and 80's.It invited me to think thoughts and admit to interests long buried. Later I obtained "Mr.Y" and continued to be amused, impressed, strangely inspired and always involved in the story. Scarlett personalizes, fantasizes, and humanizes abstract conceptual issues and modes of thought in a unique way. While not exactly page turners, (although it seems likely she is more than capable of doing that as well)the books absorb you as you also absorb many of their ideas. Both of these are a bit more speculative and slightly science/conceptual/philosophical "fictiony", to coin a term, than "Popco".

This is the first of these books that introduce the application of ideas into novel life situations, and is truly a work that presents a highly identifiable situation, and one that can be emphasized with if not outright identified with. I like the characters, understand the plot and between cryptanalysis, ciphers. codes, marketing and maths I was often reminded how much I have forgotten and that there truly IS a way to make these things work within a larger context. I liked it quite a lot.
I really liked Our Tragic Universe and I loved The End of Mr. Y by the same author, so I decided to check out some of her other novels. While overall I liked PopCo, I liked the other two novels much more. PopCo has a slow start and it took me awhile to really get into the story. Once I did, it was a pretty entertaining read, except when the author started discussing prime factorization or some mathematical code breaking method. I've never been a huge fan of math, so those sections were kind of a bore to read. Thankfully, most of the novel is about the story (or should I say stories) surrounding our main character, Alice there's her in present time trying to create a product for teenage girls, then there's her in the past living with her grandparents trying to decipher coded manuscripts while also dealing with school and growing up. There were also some interesting discussions between the characters about the nature of reality, god, the afterlife, and corporate greed.

Unlike some of the reviewers, I really didn't have a problem with the ending. For me, it was more satisfying than the endings for Our Tragic Universe and The End of Mr. Y. Overall, while I liked PopCo, I found the other two novels to be better. If you're new to this author, I'd recommend starting with The End of Mr. Y.

Here are my ratings for the three books I've read from her so far

PopCo (3 and a 1/2 stars)
The End of Mr. Y (5 stars)
Our Tragic Universe (4 stars)

I'm looking forward to hunting down some of her earlier novels, because I do enjoy her style of writing.
I'll say from the get-go that Scarlett Thomas is not a writer for everyone, but she does resonate with me. I enjoyed this book immensely. I love how she incorporates elements of science and weaves it in and out of the story. Her protagonist is unique, odd and (for me, at least), totally and completely intriguing and lovable. I can see how some people might be put off by the end, and there were a couple places where our cultural differences shone through (I'm from the US), such as the mention of genetically modified foods (which are more commonly accepted here than in Europe), however I'd say keep an open mind. It's good to challenge our thinking and our acceptance of reality, and Thomas is the master of getting you to do that.