IQ84

This book tries so hard to be offensive, especially by being racist. In the end, it simply wasn't audacious enough to be funny and its offense would make internet trolls yawn.Here's the broad plot: In February 2020, during the Presidential campaign, a deadly virus starts spreading in Seattle, Washington. It rapidly spreads to California, then turns into a nationwide pandemic.What turns the novel from accurate prophecy to satire is that this virus causes "intelligent" (defining this keeps shifting through the novel) heads to explode.There's only one reason to read the novel. And that is to compare what the author thought would happen with an idiot as President, whose closest advisor is literally a Satanist out to destroy America, and compare it against what really happened.Reality lapped satire, then mooned satire.If you enjoy South Park, you might enjoy parts of this book. Especially to make fun of.

( Fair warning...NOT FOR THE POLITICALLY CORRECT)I honestly can't remember how I wound up with this book (tho it's possible that my brain has exploded) but I really enjoyed the crazy and absurd pull of IQ84 from page 1 til the end. The story has shades of some of the most fascinating authors I have ever read. Thompson, Vonnegut, Palahniuk. This an author that I will be following.

Well, people with an IQ over 84 have their heads explode. An assortment of characters - stoner, stripper, FBI agent, preacher with several wives, geek, Satan worshipper, etc. - race to Washington D.C. Then it gets strange. That’s pretty much the plot.The book makes fun of everything and everyone. You may be offended. In fact, there’s a good probability.The party bus with the inflatable breasts on the outside can float in a flood. That gives you a good example of what to expect.

... to the voice inside my head telling me "Just keep moving, nothing to see here." Eminently put-downable. Didn't live up to the title.

While I love satire, even scathing satire - and am willing to overlook some gratuitous use of vulgarity and imagery to convey certain points, this mess of writing has absolutely nothing to recommend it. It's not funny, not well written or laid out, and serves no obvious purpose other than perhaps giving the "author" a vehicle to be crude while showing a complete lack of any writing skills. A waste of money for certain; more importantly, a waste of time.

What do you get when you mix a confused anti-hero, juvenile humor, never-ending similes and metaphors, American politics, a failing jihadist and a Satan-worshipping megalomaniac? This disaster of a book.Billed as satire, the story follows David Dingle, as he tries to figure out why peoples' heads keep exploding around him. Part buddy adventure and part condemnation of American politics and politicians, the tale takes us all over the US. Unfortunately, I bailed out somewhere just east of Texas. I couldn't take any more of the inanity. I'm sure the author believes it to be a scathing indictment of American culture. I just found it to be silly. Definitely not recommended.

I got many laughs reading this. I told people it's like reading an Austin Powers Movie. Some dumb jokes but I liked them. The negative stereotype descriptions of people and places was funny.

Comiquísimo y bien escrito. Final sorprendente. Uso de palabras bien escogidas crean imágenes mentales haciendo la lectura ligera. Me encantó.

A terrorist releases a biological weapon attacking anyone unfortunate enough to be smarter than the average bear. Such people are rewarded with an exploding head, which, apart from anything else, makes an awful mess at the mall. When David Dingle (who isn't all that bright), finds himself targeted as the perpetrator of these activities, he and his flatmate Jerry take to the road in an effort to discover what the hell's going on. With a supporting cast including a cocktail waitress, a jihadist, a dodgy doctor and an FBI agent named Boring, the chase is never, well, boring.This is not a book for folks who are easily offended. With language and dialogue likely to upset just about everyone on some level, Mike Dickenson's satire on American politics and culture is far removed from the politically correct. While it's by turns deliciously funny, clever and occasionally thought-provoking, it's also idiotic, farcical and ironic. The plot culminates at the Whitehouse as the main characters (and a few extra ones) turn up for the showdown. I must admit to enjoying the denouement, particularly as I'd had one or two doubts along the way that the whole thing might just tail off.The madcap humour reminded me a lot of the Spencer Tracy movie 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World', with an extra dose of Mad. If you love zany, and aren't too worried about emotional depth, this'll be right up your terroristic street.