A review by skconaghan
Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

challenging informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Damn. And Amen. 

This is a red flag, a 1984-style sharp and poignant satire of an American penal system and entertainment industry and inequitable society all in dire need of revolutionary reformation.

As far as new literature goes, this is American satire at its best. And its message is ugly and horrific and so so uncompromisingly necessary.

…now, if only the message could stop falling on the deaf ears of a desensitised consumerist society sick with the addiction of ethnocentric capitalism…

****
I feel like they should make a movie of it; but then I feel like they should never make a movie of this as it would feed into the very thing it has set out to confront…