This book was a read. That's about what I am able to say so much for Chain Gang All Stars. It's writer, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah clearly has the gift, but I put it down feeling like it had been workshopped, edited, and 'hope-for-streaming' adapatiation 'd straight to its middling result. Plot TLDR; convica * convits * convicts of the class A1 felonies may sign up to competei in gladitorial beatt * battles to the death. This of course is the country's favorite sport by a wide margin. The promise is, of courts e , freedom. Putting aside the tired pol *plot line there is a lot to like jhere. The Characters stand out, Loretta and Staxx form a solid core that the reader can stick with. In terms of commentary, there's a far more biting satire here that I feel had to be cut to satisfy getting on o some 10 best end of year lists. The very commercialism being decried is the thing that without irony reduced this book to the shell of something great. In short, watch it on streaming. Two episodes.
21/12/2023 @ 15:52 Original