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What Members Thought

Jen Knox
Jan 08, 2014 rated it really liked it
The dialogue in this book is great, and the idea is, well, very relevant and almost creepy. I like the critique on social media dominating our lives and, at its extreme, taking over our lives and therefore replacing real life with a virtual reality. This story is about a cult-like company that is out to make the entire world "transparent" in order to increase accountability and eliminate secrets, thereby eliminating crime and all wrongdoings. I enjoyed the ideas explored: that a person would be ...more
Haizle The Princess
Apr 11, 2022 rated it did not like it
Shelves: book-club
I would rate this zero stars if Goodreads would let me.

This author writes women as if he's never talked to one in his whole life. This is the summary of incel beliefs about women all wrapped up in one obnoxious verbose book. I honestly had to skim through the dialog and descriptions just to make it to the end... and the ending sucks.

DO NOT RECOMMEND. ZERO STARS.
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Tfalcone
Nov 03, 2013 rated it liked it
Reminds me of The Firm, gloomy feel to it right from the start.
Marcy
Mar 05, 2017 rated it it was amazing
Really interesting story. Picked it up in advance of seeing the movie - definitely had a couple of turns I didn't see coming. I liked many of the characters. ...more
Leslie King
May 01, 2019 rated it liked it
Definitely written by a dude.
Not bad for men's lit.
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Amy W
Oct 11, 2013 marked it as to-read
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Oct 18, 2013 rated it really liked it
Lisa
Jan 26, 2014 rated it it was ok
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Patty
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Patti
Nov 11, 2014 rated it it was ok
Snowtulip
Sep 24, 2015 rated it it was ok
Shelves: sci-fi, own, paper-book
Clara
Apr 13, 2017 rated it it was ok
Juliana Philippa
Apr 08, 2017 marked it as to-read
Jessica B
Apr 30, 2017 marked it as to-read
Sarah
May 10, 2017 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: nrpg, tower-teams-v
Susan
May 17, 2017 marked it as to-read
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Jun 22, 2017 marked it as to-read
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Aug 28, 2017 rated it liked it
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Jen
Jul 02, 2018 rated it really liked it
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Jan 03, 2022 marked it as to-read