neko_cam 's review for:

Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow

2.0

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There are two major threads to the narrative here. One is an enjoyable magical realism piece about the protagonist's strange family (his parents are a mountain and a washing machine) and childhood. The other is more Doctorow-typical and concerns an attempt to blanket a small town in free wireless Internet connectivity. These threads really didn't mesh well at all, and the resultant story felt awkwardly disjointed.