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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
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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. ...more
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. ...more

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.
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Definitely written by a dude.
Not bad for men's lit. ...more
Not bad for men's lit. ...more

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