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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
I found this book a bit fearmongering in tone but I also appreciated that this was a cautionary tale about social media and consumerism.
I'm not sure if it was intentional but I really wonder if the author planned on writing a secondary character that fits the queer coded 'Psycho Lesbian' trope (it's the actual trope name, no, I don't like it either) but this character really fits the trope in this book. I have to admit, I was way more interested in dissecting this character than I was worried about the main character's safety.
I did find the ending a bit too perfect for our main characters. I think that it wrapped up really nicely for all of them and it felt a little unrealistic.
I'm not sure if it was intentional but I really wonder if the author planned on writing a secondary character that fits the queer coded 'Psycho Lesbian' trope (it's the actual trope name, no, I don't like it either) but this character really fits the trope in this book. I have to admit, I was way more interested in dissecting this character than I was worried about the main character's safety.
I did find the ending a bit too perfect for our main characters. I think that it wrapped up really nicely for all of them and it felt a little unrealistic.
Definitely a must-read for fans of “The Truman Show” or the episode “Nose Dive” from black mirror!
The premise of this was brilliant, and the way Angelo wove all of the little plot details together had me on the edge of my seat constantly.
The premise of this was brilliant, and the way Angelo wove all of the little plot details together had me on the edge of my seat constantly.
4.5 stars...(might even go back and change to 5, I need to consider it)
This books was really fun to read, and yet at the same time, there were some not so subtle references to the dangers of social media and the lack of privacy on the internet. It was inventive and I almost always love a story that looks into the future.
The way the author alternated between contemporary times (story begins in 2016) and then jumps to 2051. It’s not so far into the future to find it completely inconceivable. The author drove both storylines forward with some fun twists and surprises along the way, until there was a convergence of sorts.
This was a debut novel from this author, I am looking forward to reading more from her!
This books was really fun to read, and yet at the same time, there were some not so subtle references to the dangers of social media and the lack of privacy on the internet. It was inventive and I almost always love a story that looks into the future.
The way the author alternated between contemporary times (story begins in 2016) and then jumps to 2051. It’s not so far into the future to find it completely inconceivable. The author drove both storylines forward with some fun twists and surprises along the way, until there was a convergence of sorts.
This was a debut novel from this author, I am looking forward to reading more from her!
The premise of this book was so interesting and I really wanted to like it more than I did. Ultimately, while it raised a lot of interesting points and causes you to think about the role of technology and social media in our daily lives, the story was just too long-winded and didn’t quite do it for me.
This book is apocalyptic yet surprisingly uplifting in the end. Angelo weaves two time periods the near-present and future beautifully. The evolution of Marlow and the transformations of Orla and Floss keep the reader engaged. Angelo’s depiction of a world obsessed with social media, devises, and followers and the destruction that ensues is a warning to everyone who reads this book. It’s fascinating to see in the end how the two worlds come together and then how Marlow ends up living a life of simplicity and solitude, much like the life Orla would’ve wanted for her. “She will feel the least seen, and the most important, she ever has in her life.”
3.5! The premise itself is worth the read, even if Floss and Orla are hard to stand at certain times. My favorite parts were seeing life in Constellation, California where everyone is a celebrity and everyone is watches by followers. I also liked the parts about how exposure to blue screens had caused early on-set dementia. The worldbuilding was fun, not sure yet if it is worth a re-read.
This story felt very disjointed to me, the flashes between the two different perspectives felt very jarring.
Our click bait writers story was done a lot better in my opinion, but it was still flat and felt like we missed out on all the fun parts. The focus was always back at the apartment, no big parties or celebrities, despite that being their world. Feels like a missed opportunity.
I didn’t like our Truman show style characters story line at all really, it all felt very vague when we went to those sections, I just didn’t understand her world, it felt tacked on and possibly rushed.
On the positive side, the exploration around taking one of the characters off anti-depressants type drugs was sort of interesting. I also quite liked the ending.
Wouldn’t really recommend this.
Our click bait writers story was done a lot better in my opinion, but it was still flat and felt like we missed out on all the fun parts. The focus was always back at the apartment, no big parties or celebrities, despite that being their world. Feels like a missed opportunity.
I didn’t like our Truman show style characters story line at all really, it all felt very vague when we went to those sections, I just didn’t understand her world, it felt tacked on and possibly rushed.
On the positive side, the exploration around taking one of the characters off anti-depressants type drugs was sort of interesting. I also quite liked the ending.
Wouldn’t really recommend this.
So I couldn't work out what was bugging me about this book until the last quarter of it - I was so much more interested in Marlow's near future world than anything to do with Floss(ton) and Orla. For me, there wasn't enough in Marlow's sections, particularly about the changes to the world and population, and that's what I wanted to read more of! It's also a shame that Atlantis was kept to just an almost addendum because hearing more about that part of the new world would have been so much more interesting to me than Floss wanting to get famous. Sorry, but that's just not my area of interest...
