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3.36 AVERAGE
3.36 AVERAGE
This was published in 2013. Eight years ago. It was oddly prescient...which is why everyone needs to read good science and speculative fiction.
Confronterende fictie, leest als een trein.
Zet je aan het nadenken..
Zet je aan het nadenken..
Rounding up a 3.5 to 4 stars - I can't stop thinking about this, and my relationship with social media. I just 'gave my delivery person a compliment' and I can't help but see the parallel.
If you want to go down the rabbit hole of "what would happen if Google took over the world?" then read this. It could have been edited down more, but I found it fascinating and freaky.
This was a hard book to get through. I stopped and started it many times. The characters weren't likable and I had a difficult connecting with anyone in the story to make me want to finish it.
The ending was maybe the only thing to make it worth it.
The ending was maybe the only thing to make it worth it.
Never really liked the main character. Didn't pull me in.
Interesting concept and I keep thinking about the implications of the story and how some of it is true now. Especially as I link through Facebook to shop or login to Target.com with my Amazon info.
However, poor writing and cardboard characters who never find their voice.
It's a book with potential...but it fell flat.
However, poor writing and cardboard characters who never find their voice.
It's a book with potential...but it fell flat.
This isn't great literature: it's going to be a fabulous movie someday, though. The premise: Google takes over the world. Coincidentally, Michael and I watched "The Internship" the other night, a silly film about how fabulous it was to intern and just be at Google. The Circle's campus is described in the book just as it is depicted in the film. The difference is that the idealistic portrait is turned upside down. It's a horror novel, but you can anticipate the horror.
The writing and characters are definitely not my favorite, but the ideas and thoughts that this book put into my head were great. A lot of the time I would put the book down and really think about what it presents. That's the best part of the book.