A review by xtie
The Candy House by Jennifer Egan

3.0

This was entertaining enough, with some moments of brilliance. I find the a good test of novels that use the technological (near) futures for their setting is how close the concepts / products / devices feel and sound to how we use devices and technology in this moment. Unfortunately, this didn’t pass. How Egan writes about some of the revolutionary technology and theories felt ultimately awkward and underexplained.