Thank you to Uproar Books and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The premise of this book sounded intriguing, so I was interested in spite of myself - books about dystopian futures are not usually my thing. The author did a good job of setting the scene, and I liked the etymological bits, but then... it never took off. The story became very repetitive and same old, and the ending felt very flat.

Intelligent, satirical look at social media

I loved this book. Many satires I’ve read have lapsed into juvenile silliness, but this book maintains an even keel of intelligence mixed with humor. Although I did not find the book laugh-out-loud funny, there were plenty of humorous moments to go around. Even the footnotes were informative and funny.
Disclosure: I received a complimentary copy of this book via Netgalley for review purposes.

Always Greener was a slow and repetitive book. The premise of the book was promising, but it was disappointing.

This book was put down several times as I took a break from it. Some parts felt a bit slow moving but I think I mostly set is aside because the whole idea behind the book was ghastly and, unfortunately, so believable. I can see this happening in the future and at the same time I can’t believe this would happen at all although I know that isn’t the case.

The characters were introduced well and you really feel for the main one both pitying and not believing how he could continue.

Always Greener by J.R.H. Lawless, well written and had a good premise. The writing was good, and I enjoyed it at first but as it started to be more and more about the host I had a harder time keeping going. Thank you for giving me a chance with this book and I do believe that others will enjoy it.

You can be a contestant on the new show, Always Greener, if your life is one of the worst possible lives on earth. If you become one of these lovely contestants you are fitted with new Augmented Reality lenses, and then all the views around the world will be able to watch your feed and see the world through your eyes. A number of lucky contestants are chosen and they become instantly famous. But what does being “on” 24/7 do to a person and how do those around the world react to seeing the world through your eyes?

Always Greener is not the usual type of boom I pick up, but I was very interested in the world view created by J.R.H Lawless, based in the future where everyone has access to the web and this AR feed via the lenses that are surgically implanted on a persons eye balls. For some, this feed doesn’t shut off, even when they close their eyes, so they are constantly connected. I appreciated the way Lawless provided definitions and commentary on specific words he uses in the book, creating some extra comic relief. I also appreciate the way he showed this future world and how the companies in the future manipulate people via their advertising, which is constant on the AR feed. Is this the wave of the future? Let’s hope not, as things are bad enough with everyone holding their phones constantly, reading, watching, and in my case right now, writing, and the way this already disconnects us from those around us. Imagine a constant flow of information and options without having to do a thing. What would happen if corruption enters into this? How does it effect the common man? Read Always Greener to see how Lawless answers some of these questions in strange and entertaining ways. Quite the creative novel!

I really struggled with this book. It was a good premise with a game show to find the worst life a person is living, but it began to feel very repetitive, and I just felt like it didn't go anywhere. This just wasn't a good fit for me. Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC to review this.

I tried, I seriously wanted to love the book. I understand it was a humor book. I just did not seem to be able to get into the book. Maybe there was too much of this and not enough of that.
Thanks to NetGalley for the advance copy to review.

Thank you Net Galley for the free. This started off as a great idea, but then became repetitive. The idea was a new game show fining the person who had it the worst. I also like the language etiology in the beginning. Good and snarky, but didn't quite do it for me.