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I see what the author is going for and it’s a relevant topic and some parts of the book are well thought out and clever. My problem is that the main character is so vapid and unlikable. Much of the dialogue feels stilted unless it’s just supposed feel like The Stepford Wives addicted to social media. The ending is not predictable, but the majority of secondary characters are so underdeveloped I didn’t really care how it ended. It sounds like Tom Hanks and Emma Watson couldn’t salvage the movie e
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I struggled with liking this book, as much as I wanted to. His last book, A Hologram for the King, is a really moving story with a lot in common with Death of a Salesman. This felt, early on, like a new take on 1984, but it didn’t have the same humanity as 1984 or Hologram. Dave Eggers, full disclosure, is a writer that I really like and may be the only writer whose books I buy when they come out. In short, I really wanted to like this book a lot.
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Fun fun fun. This would be a perfect beach read. Scary to think that our world is not so much different than the one in the book. Goodreads is guilty, as well. *bigbrother*
I almost didn't finish this. It isn't really a novel; it reads like notes from one of my father's sociology lectures crossed with alarmist Wired articles. The characters were cardboard, propped up to lecture about all the evils of totalitarian monopolies. It had about as much subtlety and finesse as a HuffPo listicle. The two stars I'm giving it are for raising important questions about privacy and social interaction, but this is a slog and I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
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Be prepared to hear my reference this book quite a bit in the future. Know I'll be thinking about it more than I talk about it.
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Sickening. Ramps my paranoia right up.
This book is bananas in the best (spookiest?) way possible. As a self-confessed social media addict, the actions of the company are not as far-fetched as one might hope they will be. Definitely a must-read for those already wary of Google (or perhaps those who NEED to be wary).
A thoroughly creepy story of the insidious grip of technology on our lives.
Dec 28, 2013
Anne
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Ms. McGregor
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Leah Fitzgerald
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