Review of Eat the Rich

[João Ramos]

[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Eat the Rich" by Jabal Saghrir.]

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5 out of 5 stars

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Eat the Rich by Jabal Saghrir is a fiction book set in the future. The narrator, Malyk, is a poor child whose parents sell to a corporation. At first, it is unknown how, but the protagonist must be brainwashed and work for many years to pay off the debt. In a dystopian future controlled by corporations, with the powerful OmegaCom at the center of everything, the main character will have to escape, try to survive, and rebel against a world where people only have illusions of freedom.

What I found most compelling about the book was the protagonist's critical sense. From the first chapters, you can see that the main character has an unusual critical sense. Mind you, we're not talking about a rebel without a cause but rather an individual who questions everything. Even in different scenarios throughout the book, Malyk has an intuitive and brilliant ability to see inconsistencies and point out people's hypocrisy. The most striking thing is that many events in this 'dystopian future' are already happening today, so the readers are prompted to reflect on our current reality.

I couldn't find anything negative to mention here. Although the book's title is a phrase usually associated with anarchist violent extremism (something I don't endorse), the social critique is brilliant, and people of the most diverse ideologies may find the book interesting as long as they are open-minded enough and don't abandon the book in the first few pages. There are no grammatical errors, so the book's editing is flawless.

Eat the Rich is addictive, insightful, and poignant. It's an elite book that creates a fictional environment that makes you think and question your own reality. As I said, I couldn't find anything that displeased me, so the appropriate score is 5 out of 5 stars. I was surprised to see on Amazon that one of the readers gave it the lowest score. Maybe the reader started reading the book with prejudice because of the title and abandoned it halfway through.

I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys futuristic dystopian novels with strong social criticism. Regardless of your political views, the book is brilliant and will make you question whether the events and situations that appear in the mainstream media are what they say they are. However, there are a lot of profane words (I stopped counting, but I would say there are over 100). In addition, the book describes explicit sex scenes more than once. Therefore, people under 18 should not read the book.

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[Amarachi Stephanie Ejike]

Strange title, I must say.
A fiction book set in the future, "Eat the Rich" by Jabal Saghrir, details the life of Malyk, a poor child whose parents sell to a corporation, and his struggles to rebel against a world where people only have illusions of freedom. The plot will hook you to the end.