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3.36 AVERAGE
3.36 AVERAGE
Creepy and chilling with a pinch of truth about it. A cautionary tale.
Full of great ideas but disappointingly overlong, repetitive and without much substance.
READ THIS BOOK. it is like 1984 for our generation and absolutely terrifying because of how real it could be...i finished it in two days, couldn't put it down.
dark
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I love Dave Eggars' writing style but this book was too intense for me. If you can watch Black Mirror without being gripped with anxiety, you will love this book. Pretty grim.
I too really wanted to like this book, but found it boring, inevitable, and predictable. I enjoyed A Heartbreaking Work... so have been a bit disappointed. One star.
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I have come back to this review a week later, because the book's story has stayed with me all week, in a creepy, irritating kind of way, and any book that does that deserves at least 2 stars.
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I have come back to this review a week later, because the book's story has stayed with me all week, in a creepy, irritating kind of way, and any book that does that deserves at least 2 stars.
Gripping novel, but ultimately I grew tired of the main character of being so dense. I know that was part of the point of the novel, of how she was in the middle of the Circle, but it made continuing reading a little frustrating.
Entertaining novel on the future in the world of tweets, likes, shares and zings. A future in a world where a tech company has become a monopoly, enforcing social media as the way in which everything must be shared...
Wow, one of those books that puts many previous books into perspective. Almost feel embarrassed "liking" this on a social media site. Brilliant, terrifying, wonderful, scary. Eggers prose is so clear and unfussy. My only tiny complaint is that some of the sex scenes were a bit icky.
Loved the way he conveyed the overinformation age, the way if our txts aren't answered NOW we get all paranoid
The meetings with her managers were crinchy brilliant, with them critising her for not engaging enough with social media.
Also the introduction of each new screen was well done.
Loved the way he conveyed the overinformation age, the way if our txts aren't answered NOW we get all paranoid
The meetings with her managers were crinchy brilliant, with them critising her for not engaging enough with social media.
Also the introduction of each new screen was well done.
Haunting. Very easy read. Warns about the dangers of technology: personal data being shared.