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A review by rhodered
Like a Boss by Adam Rakunas
5.0
Even better than the first, and for me, more believable because the heroine’s not battling some superhuman ghost in the sky this time. It felt less adventure movie.
The heroine is maybe in her mid-40s (yay) not the YA kid you see on the cover. Which makes her smarter and tougher because experience. She’s also one of the few truly extroverted heroines I think I’ve ever read. She’s so good at talking with and listening to people, all sorts of people and pretty much continually.
I really enjoy how much she loves her city. That resonated like crazy with me. And I liked how this is post-capitalist fiction with sincerity but without the dreadful earnestness that most union organizers I know tend to carry around. There’s a cynicism and gentle humor here, mingling with ethics.
So, it’s a socialist adventure with lots of fine side characters in a city I can see loving.
The heroine is maybe in her mid-40s (yay) not the YA kid you see on the cover. Which makes her smarter and tougher because experience. She’s also one of the few truly extroverted heroines I think I’ve ever read. She’s so good at talking with and listening to people, all sorts of people and pretty much continually.
I really enjoy how much she loves her city. That resonated like crazy with me. And I liked how this is post-capitalist fiction with sincerity but without the dreadful earnestness that most union organizers I know tend to carry around. There’s a cynicism and gentle humor here, mingling with ethics.
So, it’s a socialist adventure with lots of fine side characters in a city I can see loving.