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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Wow! Fast read. This dystopian novel is all the more eerie because the world it takes place in is so similar to our own, just farther along in the havoc and destruction of climate change and advanced in its use of AI. This book gave me lots to think about, but I'm dying to discuss the ending with someone who has read this! So many possibilities and I can't decide what precisely happened!
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This isn’t my kinda book. I know it’s to promote thought about technology and its impact on the future but I wish there was more of a plot.
dark
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
A very real fictionalized future of what could be our near future.
The mundane future where capitalism is so invasive it permeates every moment of your life (as if we weren't already close to this) is terrifying. Also, explores AI an tech's integration into the near future of end-stage capitalism and the voluntary release of all privacy and sensitive information, a willing submission over to the surveillance state, all to keep pace.
The mundane future where capitalism is so invasive it permeates every moment of your life (as if we weren't already close to this) is terrifying. Also, explores AI an tech's integration into the near future of end-stage capitalism and the voluntary release of all privacy and sensitive information, a willing submission over to the surveillance state, all to keep pace.
dark
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Way too much time spent with children's banter to the point that I couldn't get into the story. Made it to their arrival at the expensive forest sanctuary but gave up. Disappointing because I still don't know the big deal behind the opening scene's facial modification.
I was glad to be reminded by a back-cover review that discomfort was the point here because oh boy did Phillips find the sweet spot of “not so terrible that you can rage against it but still icky feels.” I did take to some reddit discussions after the final scene and was glad I did - I’m a bit out of practice reading subtle + brainy and some guiding community discourse was welcome. Mad respect for this one.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
dark
emotional
reflective
fast-paced