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While I did end up liking this book I was very close to banishing it to the back of my bookshelf.
This book is one that I found hard to get into, the beginning is slow and slightly tedious with the slang and the "Like, totally, man" quality of the narrators speech, it wasn't 'til about page 48 that I really started getting into it and even then it (in my opinion) wasn't very well-done. It seemed at times like the author was trying too hard to get his point across/to make you see the satire that it rather feel like he was nudging me the whole time going "Know what I mean? Huh? Do ya get it, do ya?" which got tiring very fast.
Even the ideas weren't terribly original, the whole 'controlled and made stupid by technology' plot has been done; I believe there's even a few movies where everyone is connected by the Internet in their head.
The only things that made me like the book were Violet who is one of the more 3D characters in the story and not really the dark things that are going on behind scenes, the things that are happening to the world, but the way Titus (the main character and narrator) basically ignores it.
All-in-all I'd only recommend this book to you if you like reading between the lines because it's really the things that are only hinted at and not said that are the best and most interesting thing/ideas in this book.
This book is one that I found hard to get into, the beginning is slow and slightly tedious with the slang and the "Like, totally, man" quality of the narrators speech, it wasn't 'til about page 48 that I really started getting into it and even then it (in my opinion) wasn't very well-done. It seemed at times like the author was trying too hard to get his point across/to make you see the satire that it rather feel like he was nudging me the whole time going "Know what I mean? Huh? Do ya get it, do ya?" which got tiring very fast.
Even the ideas weren't terribly original, the whole 'controlled and made stupid by technology' plot has been done; I believe there's even a few movies where everyone is connected by the Internet in their head.
The only things that made me like the book were Violet who is one of the more 3D characters in the story and not really the dark things that are going on behind scenes, the things that are happening to the world, but the way Titus (the main character and narrator) basically ignores it.
All-in-all I'd only recommend this book to you if you like reading between the lines because it's really the things that are only hinted at and not said that are the best and most interesting thing/ideas in this book.
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March 1, 2007
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July 12, 2007
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I am disappointed in the novel because of all those same reasons. I am at the point where I just want to get to the end and find out what happens to Violet. It's really a boring read.
There are several uneducated slang that is in the book along with a plot that does not seem to lead anywhere. However, the novel's purpose is to show an exaggerated scenario of what would happen if technology goes to far in a society. This is an example that hit close to home as technology is constantly advancing. The author is trying to warn us about the dangers of what would happen if we let big corps but powerful tech in our heads with them in control.
Nice review! :)