5/23/2023 0 Comments Proxy by Alex LondonBecause of Syd’s misfortune, he is contractually a Proxy, a person who serves out punishments for children of the rich known as Patrons. Proxy‘s protagonist is a scrappy, slum kid named Syd, an orphan and a veritable slave in a society where the market reigns supreme and debt rules every transaction. Oh, and the best part? Syd, the main character, is gay! And he isn’t white! The frequency of this combination is far too low, and London’s willingness to take on both traits in a complex, worthwhile protagonist is a point of intense ambition. There are some coercive plot devices that make the book feel a tad unstable, and sure, I wasn’t really swayed by either the romance or the twists, but these are easy to overlook when the rest of Proxy was so good. Reading this book was an act of investigation, not only because I wanted to find out what happened next but because the world of Proxy is created with such vivid detail, and with such sound world-building, that it feels nearly tactile. I feel like most dystopian societies resemble one another in their foundation of a oppressive system, but rarely am I as captivated by a dystopia as I was with Proxy. Alex London’s Proxy is probably one of the coolest concepts I’ve encountered in a while.
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