Jennifer's about to start a closing down sale of the violent sort – and everything must go.
 

“Jennifer Government” is aimed squarely at the “SF-lite” and “holiday reading” crowd, with its short sentences, short chapters, spaced out printing (in the large paperback version I read) and emphasis on plot rather than exploration of interesting futuristic concepts (well, apart from the basic American Corporation one).
 
It is certainly based on an interesting premise, but it wore a bit thin by the end of the novel, and its satirical nature gets bogged down in the sometimes slow-moving plot. So it probably would have worked better as a short story or novella, or fleshed out a bit more conceptually.

The main characters were interesting, but I found some of the others fairly lightly drawn, and I felt little empathy for them. 

It was rather nice to read a book with so many Australia references (most of it being based locally), even with the American influences.

Although there were a few moments where I felt uneasy at how far we’ve already gone down the path as described in this novel, most of the time it felt more like I was engaging in a necessary “suspension of disbelief to enjoy the story” than receiving a warning as to what can happen if we take American Corporatisation too far. I’m not quite sure that’s what the author intended.