Title: A mindless compilation of everything "cool"
Product review: Joe Quirk's debut novel tries to "have something for everyone": it is about a tattooed, blading, computer hacking, music afficiando who is a courier. However, in trying to blend everything that he has read is the new fad over the last five years, Quirk creates a mindless story that lacks style or enjoyable plot. Quirk tries to write in slang associated with each of the pop culture references but ends up sounding like a stammering 15 year old. The Ultimate Rush has been hailed as the first major novel about rollerblading but anyone interested in the sport will see (and Quirk admitted this in a issue of a blading magazine) that the descriptions are extremely inaccurate. Those interested in reading about rollerblading shouldn't waste money on this trash and people wanting a hacker thriller should check anything by Neal Stephenson or William Gibson.
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