mejones001 's review for:

Reward System: Stories by Jem Calder

2.0

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Short stories emphasizing certain banalities of “real life”, right now, and how technology relates to these things; an OK attempt to connect us through thoughts, feelings, and observations that we may have otherwise believed entirely our own, and no one else’s. A half baked version of what it should be; reading it felt like peering into a bar you used to like, trying to make up an interesting story as to what the couple nearest the door might be talking about- not because you get any joy out of doing this anymore, but because your bus is delayed.