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kalememeg 's review for:
The Circle
by Dave Eggers
Not the best book I've ever read, but the pacing of the story was excellent and I felt truly caught up in the cult experience while reading. The pacing helped illuminate the small actions that add up to large consequences, and how quickly one can be overwhelmed by their own doings.
More than anything else, I docked points off of this book because Mae was a character without ideas, dreams, hopes, or longings. Her only true want was sexually driven, and lent nothing to character. Outside of that, she's flat as paper, and ineffective as a conduit through which the author can pass on his main point. I mean, I get the point. Eggers wants us to conceptualize how devastating a loss of privacy would be to society and humanity. But I got that point before I dove into the book. Of course that would be bad. I'd be more interested in seeing the long-term ramifications privacy loss would have. How would global relations change? What would be the driving force behind the economy? How would the poor be indoctrinated? If you chose not to post, how would the Circle enforce this? I wish Mae had parts to her that challenged the idea, parts that ultimately had to be squashed by the Circle.
More than anything else, I docked points off of this book because Mae was a character without ideas, dreams, hopes, or longings. Her only true want was sexually driven, and lent nothing to character. Outside of that, she's flat as paper, and ineffective as a conduit through which the author can pass on his main point. I mean, I get the point. Eggers wants us to conceptualize how devastating a loss of privacy would be to society and humanity. But I got that point before I dove into the book. Of course that would be bad. I'd be more interested in seeing the long-term ramifications privacy loss would have. How would global relations change? What would be the driving force behind the economy? How would the poor be indoctrinated? If you chose not to post, how would the Circle enforce this? I wish Mae had parts to her that challenged the idea, parts that ultimately had to be squashed by the Circle.