Reviews

The Circle by Dave Eggers

sareidle's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Sexual content

Moderate: Car accident, Chronic illness, and Death

Minor: Child death and Kidnapping

crabdoesnottaco's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

lyntwhit's review against another edition

4.0

Worth the read

Very interesting and believable story. Definitely food for thought! Very plausible premise that could happen in our not so distant future.

curiouslyjade's review against another edition

2.0

I wanted to like this, but wildly unrealistic characters and a lack of research made it unconvincing and, ultimately, a disappointment.

youngthespian42's review against another edition

4.0

I could not stop listening to this book. The anxiety loop of social media has never been better captured in fiction I’ve read. I love the Kafka nature of this insane story. I am jumping into the sequel immediately and cannot wait.

izzylashley's review against another edition

2.0

Like the fuck. This book started off phenomenal and I really enjoyed the direction it was going in with the whole electronic dystopia because I mean, as a society that’s where we’re heading. However, Eggers totally dropped it at the end and Mae is an idiot, like not a single redeeming quality at all.

i_am_a_wug's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

katias's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

scary, because too close to the truth. Always thought it's not a good book, because I've read negative reviews - turns out I really enjoyed it (If you can say enjoy with a dark book like that). 

nellekeh's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

bettinavanruiswijk's review against another edition

2.0

Love the bigger theme, but man it's slow. Too slow to finish, so i skimmed the last parts.