Dookie: A Colourful Life is an irreverent, satirical novel by Tony Kearns. It follows Dookie, a disgraced Marine warrior who returns to his homeland and takes a job at a corrupt market place, only to discover that the corrupt forces of the world are secretly controlled by money-hungry intestinal demons.
The book is an anarchic, surreal satire targeting modern politics and societal trends.
Key themes and elements include:
The Premise:
After being cast out of the military for refusing a direct order on moral grounds, Dookie returns to Dragon Valley to work at a marketplace called “Hellmart”.
The Villains:
He discovers that corrupt executives, politicians, and authority figures are actually controlled by demons living in their lower intestines, which feed off greed and power.
The Heroes:
Dookie teams up with a motley crew of colleagues—described as “Snowflakes” and “Hipsters”—to violently and hilariously rid the marketplace of demonic rulers.
The Tone:
The book combines crude buffoonery, anti-establishment humor, and intense action to mock a wide range of modern issues, including extreme worldviews, neoliberal economics, and pandemic lockdowns
A colourful life in review:by wierdreviews.com
Summary : The book opens up with our hero Dookie ( yes , he legally changed his name to Dookie ) graduating from boot camp and heading out on his first mission . The enemy the were sent to destroy turned out not to be the threat that Dookie’s squad was led to believe so they decided to stop fighting and talk . Their enemy is dealing with a foe named the GreenBacks that Dookie’s squad had been told was not a real group . Dookie feels lied to, so he teams up with the people he was sent to kill in order to destroy the GreenBacks . As Dookie does this , him and his squad are disavowed by the Corp . Eventually, Dookie is forced back home to Dragon Valley and he takes up a security job with Hellmart . Turns out ( insert dramatic music ) it’s run by demons ! Who would’ve guessed ? Guess Dookie has a new war to fight .
Review :
I’ll be upfront , the author sent me a copy of the book themselves , I didn’t take money to do this review but the book could be considered a gift so we will straight up about it . That being said even if it hadn’t been gifted to me I would still dig this book . You essentially got a Marine fighting literal corporate demons . How could I not like it ? If you want a well written satire with action and oddities abound then pick it up where you can !
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