
…development of Wade, who develops from a completely useless dick into a person who is fine I guess. Despite spending the entire novel inside his head, we learn almost nothing about who he is as a person. We only learn what he likes and dislikes, and the fact that he likes geeky stuff is the entire reas…
… anything altruistic with his fortune like, say, work on destroying those giant slums or something. It’s clear that Cline thinks he’s taking a great populist stance by taking on this evil executive character, but it’s just a reflection of the weakest possible political conviction-that our all powerful overlords should be nice guys.