I’ve read two awesome books by an English female author named Scarlett Thomas. I have not read anything by a woman in a very long time and mpw it just feels refreshing to read something by one.

The first book I read by Scarlett was her latest book to date, The End of Mr Y, I picked this while browsing a Waterstones library and only picked it up because I found a quote by Douglas Coupland on the back of the it praising the book!

The End of Mr Y is a cool novel about a parallel world of thoughts called the Troposphere. It is a world that is created by the collective thoughts of all creatures that have lived on Earth and in which those who access it can travel in time and space. The book features awesome characters with extreme opinions on fate, god, and thought. I thoroughly enjoyed the End of Mr Y and thought that it was almost like a blend of a Douglas Coupland and Dan Brown.

The second book I read by Scarlett is called PopCo, it is a book about about a toy company, evil corporations, and an unbroken code for a hidden treasure. In addition to the loads of stuff on cryptography, the book talks about fitting in society, religion, and the manipulation of the public’s mind by branding.

I enjoyed The End of Mr Y much more than PopCo, even though both were extremely smart and fun to read. The copy I got for the End of Mr Y was awesome in that it was painted in black from all the sides so that it looked like a book with a curse, just like the subject matter of the story.

I highly recommend Scarlett Thomas for anyone looking for contemporary original fiction.