rusticredreads 's review for:

The Circle by Dave Eggers

4.0

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Third Season of BLACK MIRROR will stream on Netflix this October
The Circle is really good, Ted Chiang + Black Mirror = The Circle.

A lot of reviews is about the flatness of some characters that made them unlikable, but not all characters need to be likable or needed to have a character. I even liked Mae, her flatness, her views on how to change the world, the privacy, and how she wanted to be well-known, to climb to the top, until to the point that she has enclosed in The Circle. Another reason (perhaps) of this novel, is the twist, I really don't care for that, since this ain't a mystery novel (of course being one of the

Spoiler

Three Monkeys, Ty will have surveillance on Mae

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Sometimes there is a fourth monkey depicted, Shizaru, who symbolizes the principle of "do no evil", "have no fun", "Don't do anything evil". Mae is the fourth monkey.
But in the Hindu version it's "Hide your pleasures. Hide your enjoyment, don't show it to anybody." which is different from TRANSPARENCY."