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challenging
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I'm torn over how to rate this, so I'm settling in the middle. Firstly, the fact that this was written in 2001 is crazy. It feels very prescient, and the evolutions of screen time and VR and advertisement since then make Feed feel even more apt.
At one point I thought that our main character, Titus, was going to change. I have a hard time balancing the book's realistic outcome, that he essentially fails Violet and is too tapped into the feed to think outside of it , with the outcome I wanted. I think it's reasonable that a teenager would feel overwhelmed in the situation he's in with Violet, but I didn't like it. I feel like this book tried to touch on so many aspects of the capitalism-fueled collapse of society via a partially-unreliable narrator, making some pieces feel flat or shoehorned in.
As for the dialogue/narration: I understood the point of it, but it was occasionally difficult to parse. At times Titus made me feel dumber just by being in his head. Sorry, Titus. I know it's not your fault.
I would recommend this book to someone looking for a dystopian critique of consumerism & capitalism from a YA perspective, but not at all because it is enjoyable. If you like happy endings... perhaps look elsewhere.
At one point I thought that our main character, Titus, was going to change. I have a hard time balancing the book's realistic outcome,
As for the dialogue/narration: I understood the point of it, but it was occasionally difficult to parse. At times Titus made me feel dumber just by being in his head. Sorry, Titus. I know it's not your fault.
I would recommend this book to someone looking for a dystopian critique of consumerism & capitalism from a YA perspective, but not at all because it is enjoyable. If you like happy endings... perhaps look elsewhere.