Lisa Eckstein’s Reviews > The City Inside > Status Update

"Does she know who actually runs the East? He doesn’t. Some people in his gaming streams say it’s China, some say it’s Delhi, or a reunited Bengal corporate cartel funded by gods know who. All of these could be true: all these governments could be in operation at the same time. She hasn’t grown up hearing about parallel economies, then parallel countries, then parallel internets, all stacked on top of one another..."

Absorbed in Joey's fast-paced story of managing reality stars, and intrigued to see we'll be getting another POV character next.

"He often complains that his life has turned into some kind of totalitarian reality show; she's fairly sure he still doesn't understand that managing one is his daughter's job." I'm enjoying figuring out this story's near- (really near!) future world of inescapable surveillance and social media.