"A parody ... Or is that just what THEY want you to think?"
The McAtrix Derided is, as one would expect, a parody of the film series/franchise The Matrix. It follows a similar concept of being plugged into a machine, fighting the bad guys and a future world.
It's a simple book with scenes you'd find in a crime novel except dumbed down with the characters fighting by flapping their arms, kicking enemies down with the Can-Can and a Frurnchman [sic].
The McAtrix follows all the concepts within the Matrix but makes them funny and actually worth reading (much unlike the Matrix sequels).
Throughout the book you'll more than likely notice a lot cultural and social references with quotes like "You want to kill Bill", "Lots of Peaugeot 308s" and "I'm going to have to press you ... I really need your decision now" (I can't remember where (I've heard this quote but it, or very similar, has been on some recent trash TV). We can't forget the War of the Worlds (English version, not the Hollywood crap) destruction and references to H.G. Wells (author of WOTW).
For a parody it's well written and easy to follow, lacking any pointless plots. It also sticks pretty close to the actual Matrix film(s) with characters' names being modified only slightly except it's set in London (this meant I knew of some of the areas it spoke of - I was even on the way to one of them whilst reading it).
I don't really have any complaints on this book; it was a read which was a good escape, not too heavy and amusing. 4/5
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