PositiveThe BafflerAcerbic ... Bristles with friction. This is, in part, why I liked the book so much. In a cultural moment that can feel like an interminable, nauseating night of the spins, Service is a sobering slap in the face ... Tottenham...pays acute attention to language, giving Sean a Victorian-style vocabulary that highlights the narrator’s alienation from his internet-drenched surroundings. … Though the intentionally antiquated prose can be cumbersome, it amplifies Sean’s disgust with reality, adding to the sense of friction ... Delicious tension.
