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Rating this book pretty much made me hate myself.
A dystopian novel where we see where the internet takes us-- where transparency is the future and secrets are lies. I enjoyed the concept but Eggers belabored the point, in my mind.
The protagonist is Mae and at point you wonder if she is unreliable or stupid as she gets sucked into this future.
Hard not to see Facebook in this and Epic ( being from Madison, WI!)
The protagonist is Mae and at point you wonder if she is unreliable or stupid as she gets sucked into this future.
Hard not to see Facebook in this and Epic ( being from Madison, WI!)
Author does a good job depicting the worry over social media’s influence over attention that’s commonplace in today’s society. Pity the author doesn’t add anything insightful to the discussion.
#zeitgeist #zingy #zooms
Mae is an anti-heroine. As transparent as she is to the world in the novel, she is equally as opaque to the reader (and possibly the writer). Still, the chill-inducing machinations of social media corporations—and their willing victims, namely me and the rest of the planet—hits very close to home.
Mae is an anti-heroine. As transparent as she is to the world in the novel, she is equally as opaque to the reader (and possibly the writer). Still, the chill-inducing machinations of social media corporations—and their willing victims, namely me and the rest of the planet—hits very close to home.
Bubblehead Mae is not just drinking the Kool Aid, she is helping to make more and serve it.
I couldn't get into it.
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