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3.36 AVERAGE
3.36 AVERAGE
After reading this book I want to quit Facebook (but am still hesitant to pull the trigger on that action). It reads like a dystopic future, the entire time I felt like I was waiting for something worse to happen. The book acts as commentary on events and behaviors that are happening now, taking some of our "social media" activities to absurd extremes. Acting as a view port to an uncertain future people are drifting into when there is no clear goal of what we want out of technology, and blindly accept it.
challenging
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
school book
Clear cut writing style. Interesting plot. Is privacy theft? I enjoyed this quick, intriguing story.
First Eggers book I managed to finish (I got bored half-way through all previous ones). The subject of this one helped, but the story is also very entertaining. It is an exaggerated version of the future, but one that doesn't seem too far fetched for two-thirds of the book.
Worth wild for all those interested in technology or just paranoid about privacy.
Worth wild for all those interested in technology or just paranoid about privacy.
Six parts in and the author has given us two uncomfortable sex scenes, a thin outline of a plot, and zero likable characters.
Eerily similar to the hype surrounding Google, the first part of this novel was super-entertaining!
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was intense, and I had a really hard time putting it down. Some of the other reviews compared it to "1984", but I think "The Circle" is more realistic. When you think of how much people live on social media, then it's easy to see how some of the events here have the potential to come really close to reality. Eggers reveals the truth about this world and Mae's induction into it in such a gradual way that you wonder how Mae could be so stupid not to see what you can see. Yet at the same time, her naivete is almost understandable. From the beginning, the Circle sounds too good to be true, but despite the undercurrent of dread, there were times when I found myself wanting everything to turn out okay for Mae and the other Circlers.
thought provoking, but wouldn't read again. has made me think about social media and over sharing.