rashbre central: Tyrant, by Ed Adams - A review @catgirlforchaos

Thursday, 10 July 2025

Tyrant, by Ed Adams - A review @catgirlforchaos


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“this book made me laugh, cry, spiral, and delete my citizen loyalty app.”

i finished Tyrant at 3am, in a hoodie, whispering “what the actual hell” to the void of my screen. this book is INSANE(complimentary). imagine if Black MirrorVeep, and Threads had a cursed baby raised by TikTok algorithms and late-stage capitalism. now imagine that baby running for president.

the vibes:

πŸ”» satire so sharp you bleed while laughing

πŸ”» fake presidents, real despair

πŸ”» AI surveillance apps that know when you’re sad

πŸ”» loyalty coins you can’t spend (but you can lose your fridge privileges over)

πŸ”» girlboss propaganda officers

πŸ”» dossiers, glitches, memory wipes, πŸ” speeches that go viral for the wrong reasons

i came for the cyberpunk aesthetics, stayed for the existential dread, and somehow left feeling… weirdly hopeful? maybe? idk. maybe i’m just sleep-deprived.

shoutout to Azaria (icon), to the character who prints a message on actual paper like a rebel from 1997, and to the chapter where people burn their Homeland passes in a trash can and the mic catches “NEVER AGAIN.” 🫑

anyway if you’ve ever:

· doomscrolled at 2am

· raged at a malfunctioning smart fridge

· felt seen and violated by your own phone

read this.

final verdict:

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(translation: clown world, AI world, burn it down, fast food fascism, collapse is coming)

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