To be perfectly honest I usually stick to the classics or books that are at least twenty or so years old. But, secretly, I've been looking for a book that honestly reflected more modern sentiments. I wasn't let down with "Love Me!"

There are a lot of clever little things going on in this novel so I'll name a few that most impressed me: the false histories (mismatched technology and references throughout create a unique and fun world), the modern pop-culture allusions, the alliterative prose style and the Freudian type symbolism. Freudian type symbolism? Yes. Look: He's lonely. He lives in a really tall tower (phallic symbol) and he talks to the Moon (the symbol for woman). And there are a bunch of things like that going on in the text. It's like another novel going on simultaneously.

This novel did have it's difficult moments for me at times. Danger_Slater's sense of play is so carefree and experimental that, at times, I did lose track of what was happening and have to reread a sentence or two. But is that really such a fault? Shouldn't novels be novel and strain our ability to comprehend a bit? At times the protagonist was a bit too powerful for my liking. The hero did struggle in this story but for my liking he could have sweated his obstacles more.

I would describe the over-arching theme of this work as "the malaise of modern life." That might sound like a downer but it's handled with plenty of humor.

If you enjoy irreverent, satirical modern stories like those of Kurt Vonnegut there's a very good chance you'll enjoy "Love Me."