I haven't laughed out so much with a book in a long long time. Great read even if you're not into the music industry shenanigans.

I have been a fan of Neil McCormick for years, and I really looked forward to reading this book. It told the story of Zero, a pop star, who goes off the rails. There was lots of good humour and some interesting escapades, but I did think that the book could have been much shorter. It just seemed to go on and on and on as Zero went from place to place and things got crazier and crazier. However, it was quite well written and diverting and I would recommend it as a summer read.

Original and well paced. The author’s knowledge of the music industry lends the book great authenticity

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of this book. This book is about a very narcissistic rock star. It gives us a peek inside his brain and it's not pretty. Perfect book for the times. I really enjoyed this and loved all the song lyrics thrown in.

Zero is a internet famous rock star who goes through the typical motions we expect. Sex, drugs, and rock n roll. The book opening drags on either these cliches before spiraling into a bizarre search for Zero's true self which I just didn't buy. To invent a "rock star" when there are so many real life ones out there is a difficult task to get people to buy into, and I just didn't get invested in Zero.

This book deals with an unusual theme and is written in a even more unusal way.
Zero is a main character with whom it is easy to empathise even though he is not the nicest character around and that is part of the reason why this book is so good.
This book is a perfect x-ray of our times dealing with themes such as racism, fame, social media and climate change.
Being a book about a rockstar there are some song lyrics inside and I was surprised with how much I would like to listen to them being played by a real band. Even the sentences carried a poetry within themselves. This book is masterfully written and I can barely wait for whatever Neil McCormick writes next
Thank you to Unbound and NetGalley for this ARC.