Reviews for The Good Humor Man

The average rating for The Good Humor Man based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-07-28 00:00:00 George Rhodes This novel explores the relationships between obesity, government health care, pop culture, and body image. In a world where chocolate is worth more than cocaine on the black market, government-sanctioned vigilantes known as Good Humor Men patrol the streets, seeking to immolate all fattening food products as illegal contraband and cancel the health insurance of any offenders. This is a very strange book and not very humorous.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-08-08 00:00:00 Shawn Jones I have weirdly mixed feelings about this Sci-Fi book. The writing is really well done, and I enjoyed the premise, reminiscent of Fahrenheit 451, but there were occasions where the storyline got to the point where it was laugh out loud absurd. I thought while reading that this would be a good Book Club recommendation, if you can get past the oddness. It is thought provoking, in the way that the US, and spreading to the world, has an obesity problem, and what if the Government took extreme measures to fix that problem. It would make for great conversation at the club meeting. PS....I always like to mention when vulgarity is present, in case that impacts someone's book choice. There are two characters, both at the beginning and at the very end who liberally sprinkle their dialogue with words that might offend some readers. The main character doesn't go down that path, and quite a bit of the book happens in self reflection, and from his viewpoint.