"I understand this is a state-of-the-nation novel &
I understand this is meant to be satirical criticism & I understand that we’re not meant to like any of the characters

However, this book was so bland and dry and overwrought, I physically couldn’t get through it.

All the ironic statements that the characters came out with, all the high-end brands littered in every sentence & all the predictable plot points led me to extreme boredom while reading. I just kept thinking, why the fuck do I care?

I think the eye-roll moment that eventually got me to think about DNFing was the way he portrayed DJing culture; it came from a place that seemed so out of touch, and as if a middle-class man was trying to explain something he really didn’t understand (the irony...)

SO many characters, so many meaningless brands mentioned, so many uselessly placed words� I can go on :)

I’m going to see Andrew O’Hagan speak about this soon, and I’m verrrry intrigued to hear what he has to say about it. With Mayflies being my favourite Scottish novel ever written, I’m so disappointed in this book. "