13 - The Circle, by Dave Eggers
WHY I PICKED IT: Eggers is generally quite great.
ELAPSED TIME: 1 week
RATING: Meh
In an update to Orwell's 1984, Eggers seeks to show a possible near future. Mae Holland takes a job with The Circle, the world's most powerful internet company - consisting of the functionality of all of Google, Facebook, Twitter, and then some. Seeking to push all privacy into the public space, they seek to create a utopia. Or do they?
This book is not great. Not as good as a Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, and not as good as Zeitoun... but it does raise interesting questions. And in that, tells a good story.
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