How to Rule the World

Middling read for me. Theo Baker has talent, but this one didn't fully click.

Theo Baker's prose carried this one more than the plot did, and that was enough.

Theo Baker's prose carried this one more than the plot did, and that was enough.

Consistent and readable start to finish. Theo Baker clearly has a handle on the genre.

Took a chapter or two to hook me, but How to Rule the World won me over by the halfway point.

Theo Baker has a new fan. How to Rule the World is exactly the kind of satire I keep hoping to find.

Liked more than I disliked here. Theo Baker has a clear voice.

A quick, satisfying read. Wouldn't mind more satire like this.

Funnier than it has any right to be given how bleak the subject matter actually is.

Didn't expect to be genuinely surprised by a satire but the twists in the back half landed.

Not my usual genre but the voice pulled me through. Sharp and quick, good one-sitting read.

Picked this for book club on a whim and it turned into our best discussion of the year. Sharper political satire than I expected.