PositiveLos Angeles Times\"The book is dystopian \'90s at its most bleak. It\'s the gloom of \'Twin Peaks\' and the detached alienation of Nirvana’s \'Nevermind\' with a plot that reads like \'The X-Files\'-meets-\'The Lawnmower Man\' ... That mix of science fiction and real world pop-culture nostalgia is instantly compelling, but there are layers to The Electric State that take the story beyond surface value ... In a way, it is an extremely American story, bringing together themes like the intersection of war and technology; fire-and-brimstone religion and its effect on LGBT youth; families separated by great physical distance while still being a part of the same country ... It\'s a story that\'s not bogged down with details...\
