A review by oisin175
Right State by Mat Johnson

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

There was some potential here, but the characters were so flat and so much of this book relied on stereotypes that any story development or message hit like a hammer. Subtlety was thrown on the bonfire during the opening pages. It could have been an interesting thriller, but the end felt like twists out of nowhere and things just happened without any set up or reason. Gotta love that the "centrist" character just keeps dropping casual bigotry towards the one non-white person he interacts with in the book and doesn't appear to learn anything about this. The "centrist" is apparently radicalizing the militias and he's surprised because they were "just words" but the guy talks like a Hannity impersonator.