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Review title: another overhyped critique on consumerism in the 80s
Product review: well, this book is definitely less smug than anything by don delillo, though still not worth reading unless you're a big intellectual lit freak or into porn and graphic violence. but if, like me, you're of average intelligence and read primarily to be entertained and not lectured, i would not recommend this book.first off, while i can see how forcing us to read 499 pages filled mostly with brand names and pointless conversations could be part of the satire or whatever, this is way too long for a plotless story. as someone said, like half the murders could have been taken out and we would have gotten the point. i also don't see why social commentary has to be so hard to swallow. why are ridiculous situations and completely unbelievable characters, listings, etc., such a trend in 80s lit?
