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I Love My Computer Because My Friends Live in It: Stories from an Online Life
by Jess Kimball Leslie
I liked the beginning of this book and the author can be legitimately funny, but the second half just made her seem as condescending and horrible as the people she was describing. It's like she thought her readers were in on the joke, but I definitely was not. Also, this book is only tangentially aware of the effects of technology in her life. Sure she was one of the first user's but she just experiences social media and such like the rest of us did when it was emerging. Basically life happened and she's going to attribute all things meaningful to technology in some way.
I'm part of the generation she's speaking too, so I thought it would be a bit more of a nostalgic read. Instead this was more of someone trying to be the cheeky geek girl who coincidentally wrote a memoir. Felicia Day definitely did it better.
3/5 Stars. I liked the author's humor, but I don't think the book as a whole worked for me.
I'm part of the generation she's speaking too, so I thought it would be a bit more of a nostalgic read. Instead this was more of someone trying to be the cheeky geek girl who coincidentally wrote a memoir. Felicia Day definitely did it better.
3/5 Stars. I liked the author's humor, but I don't think the book as a whole worked for me.