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Violence
A lot
Significant; war violence depicted with satirical frankness
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief adult content
Substance Use
Barely any
Moderate; future recreational substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Moderate; the novel's critique of war tourism requires readers to sit with the moral ugliness of the premise
What this book is about
M.M. Buckner's science fiction novel is set in a future where corporate war is entertainment, and a group of thrill-seekers — extreme war tourists — infiltrate a battle zone for the experience. When the situation becomes genuinely dangerous, the moral emptiness of their lifestyle is exposed. Buckner's work addresses the commodification of violence and the distance that wealth creates from consequence.
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Significant war violence
Satire of commodified violence
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