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Megalion wrote: "*** read it last month but only just today got the review written. If Cory Doctorow's Little Brother was a modern day re-telling of Orwell's 1984, then Circle is a moder..."
I attempted this book last year and ended up putting it down to read later, because it was just too dark for what I needed at the moment.
I'm glad to see that you liked it.
Well I don't know about like...It was a meaningful read. Then I wanted to lock it in a lead coffin and bury very deeply in the woods and pretend I never read it and that it was never written.
Megalion wrote: "No.... put it in a lead coffin and drop it into the Mariana Trench. Where the megladons live -> Meg"Hah! That's funny. I will read it when I'm ready for a book like that.
Just finished this book based primarily on your review. I definitely agree that this is a scary vision of the not so distance future. I think our saving grace is that if a company existed like The Circle everyone not in it would be trying to hack it. It makes you realize how much personal information we reveal about ourselves on line. But am I going to stop --nah.
I've got it on my list and I think I'll bump it up. I love a good dark novel.
It's actually hard to not share personal information! Glad I inspired you. ... .. I think.
It was a positive experience, Megalion! Made me think about things I hadn't really thought of before. You have many thought provoking books on your lists. I'll definitely be following your recommendations because this one was really good.
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then. Talk about a thought provoker!
There's a certain irony that books I've removed from my TBR, this and Ready Player One, are getting good reviews and comments on PBT as we are simultaneously having a conversation on how to reduce the TBR. Argggh
To reduce our TBR piles, we need more baseball!
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If Cory Doctorow's Little Brother was a modern day re-telling of Orwell's 1984, then Circle is a modern day prequel of how Big Brother came to be and why society let it happen.
Much is familiar as the story sets out. Social media is becoming a big thing. We have a big corporation founded by a reclusive genius that keeps finding new ways to broaden digital frontiers and innovating ground breaking technology. Clearly modeled after Facebook and Google.
The story follows our heroine who by lucky accident becomes a viral live video sensation, and becomes the pioneer (and subject of this story) for the evolving of the social media frontiers.
This book TERRIFIES me. The real world has made many leaps and the groundwork is well established for the horrific social mores of these stories to become part of our reality.
One day, will someone attempt to manifest the final idea in The Circle? I really hope I'm not around for that.
Forget scary monsters, bloody knives, ghosts and what have you. This is a true book of horror.
Highly recommended if you feel brave enough.