This book is wild! I've never done drugs but I feel like I went on a trip with this story in the best way. It's completely absurd satire and I love it! I feel like this book would be brilliant for a book club/reading club because I think it will bring up lots of talking points. We literally open up with the main character, Alex, removing their brain.

I do wish there was more building as everything is so over-the-top whacky yet I don't fully know much about the world. Go into this with an open mind, expect quite over the top and crazy. I love it. It was an interesting read overall and would read it again for sure.

At 208 pages this is a quick read and definitely worth people's time for something out of the box and refreshing away from the usual book genres out there right now.

4/5 Stars from me.

***A big thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my advanced audiobook copy in exchange for an honest review.***

Rock Gods and Messy Monsters was a book I have never read before. It's not a typical novel and Diane Hatz did a great job on this book. I love how different Alex is as our main character and just like anyone, she wants to make her own way in the music business at Acht Records. What got me is the fact that women in Achts Records have to take out their brains and place them in urns for security reasons and That their world relies on technology that knows their lives is what is different in any book I've read. Consumerism, self-indulgence, and that willingness to do what is necessary to get ahead are what Hatz shows in this book and is what I love about this book. Rock Gods and Messy Monsters is a dystopian novel I feel you have to brace yourself with because you never know what will happen next. To be in Hatz's world in her novel, I'd feel bewildered but curious to know what that world will be like. Thank you, NetGalley for allowing me to read this novel. I am glad I stumbled upon it.