A review by andrewgardner
The Circle by Dave Eggers

3.5

🔋⭕️The Circle by Dave Eggers ⭕️ 🔋

I don’t think I’ve ever read a more unlikable character than Mae Holland. And I think, I HOPE, that was on purpose. She takes being a villain in a dystopian not-so-distant future and brings it to a whole new, way too close to reality, level. 

I found it hard to connect with this book at first which may be fore many reasons, including having just read a lot of fantasy, but I’m glad I stuck with it. I’m frightened by how with just a few tweaks this could easily become a devastating reality. I would LIKE to think there is still enough humanity and dignity left in us to prevent us from truly getting to this level of technological oversight but I can see where in some cases we’re already there. 

Not sure if I’ll read the sequel as this was just so eerie and relatable and I don’t want to become more paranoid than I already am. Lol