#'America's new Hunger Games!!!!' [1] or 'Good Omens with Arthurian knights!!!!' [2] like hush. let me come to my own conclusions.
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Most annoying advertising trend is "the new [existing media]!!!" because maybe 7 times out of 10 it's doing a disservice to both the new and old thing
#like okay 'oh hey you liked [x]? have you tried [y] you might like it too!' is the basic format of basically any recommendation that's a#normal thing#it just annoys me when I get a book and emblazoned across the cover is reviews from all the newspapers that could fit about how it's#'America's new Hunger Games!!!!' [1] or 'Good Omens with Arthurian knights!!!!' [2] like hush. let me come to my own conclusions.#[1] Chain Gang All Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah. incredible book; has death games like THG but for a different purpose (American priso#system). furious humanising and absolutely devastating#[2] Perilous Times by Thomas D Lee. also very good so far; unlike GO it's people all the way down (more or less) in this one#focuses on a very British corner of the end of the world (much like GO) except with 33 more years of cynicism and leftist infighting
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