lost in a booKCase | When A Dull Main Character Works...And When It Doesn't || "The Circle" and "The Every" BOOK REVIEW @lostinabookcase3796 | Uploaded March 2022 | Updated October 2024, 21 hours ago.
How can a book be boring, have an awful, plain main character, yet somehow work? And how can it all go wrong in a sequel? Well, let's find out. Here's my review for Dave Egger's duology books: The Circle and The Every.
"THE CIRCLE" GOODREADS SUMMARY: When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world's most powerful internet company, she feels she's been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users' personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces, the towering glass dining facilities, the cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work, she is thrilled with the company's modernity and activity. There are parties that last through the night, there are famous musicians playing on the lawn, there are athletic activities and clubs and brunches, and even an aquarium of rare fish retrieved from the Marianas Trench by the CEO. Mae can't believe her luck, her great fortune to work for the most influential company in the world--even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public.
What begins as the captivating story of one woman's ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy, and the limits of human knowledge.
THE EVERY GOODREADS SUMMARY: Delaney Wells is an unlikely new hire at the Every. A former forest ranger and unwavering tech skeptic, she charms her way into an entry-level job with one goal in mind: to take down the company from within. With her compatriot, the not-at-all-ambitious Wes Makazian, they look for the Every's weaknesses, hoping to free humanity from all-encompassing surveillance and the emoji-driven infantilization of the species. But does anyone want what Delaney is fighting to save? Does humanity truly want to be free?
Studded with unforgettable characters, outrageous outfits, and lacerating set-pieces, this companion to The Circle blends absurdity and terror, satire and suspense, while keeping the reader in apprehensive excitement about the fate of the company--and the human animal.
Hey readers and writers! Booktube and Authortube alike! It's me. Your girl. Your KC. How ya doing? Thanks for popping in and watching! Welcome to the channel dedicated to documenting my slow decent into madness reading terrible books and trying to finagle my way into publishing a book. I find good, nay, great books every now and then and you can bet I want to talk about them too! I do the usual bread-and-butter of Booktube: reading Wrap Ups; TBRs (to-be-read lists); I did the Booktube Newbie Tag and the Authortube Newbie tag! I do all those juicy challenges; book tags; and whatever nonsense I think of to film! I also post NaNoWriMo content; writing vlogs; and hopefully will do some live writing sprints! Whether you are a writer or reader, we all agree: books are awesome! I primarily read YA, Fantasy, and Thrillers, so if you have any book recommendations, let me know down below in the comments! Like and subscribe if, you know, you can stand seeing this mug of mine periodically.
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How can a book be boring, have an awful, plain main character, yet somehow work? And how can it all go wrong in a sequel? Well, let's find out. Here's my review for Dave Egger's duology books: The Circle and The Every.
"THE CIRCLE" GOODREADS SUMMARY: When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world's most powerful internet company, she feels she's been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users' personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces, the towering glass dining facilities, the cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work, she is thrilled with the company's modernity and activity. There are parties that last through the night, there are famous musicians playing on the lawn, there are athletic activities and clubs and brunches, and even an aquarium of rare fish retrieved from the Marianas Trench by the CEO. Mae can't believe her luck, her great fortune to work for the most influential company in the world--even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public.
What begins as the captivating story of one woman's ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy, and the limits of human knowledge.
THE EVERY GOODREADS SUMMARY: Delaney Wells is an unlikely new hire at the Every. A former forest ranger and unwavering tech skeptic, she charms her way into an entry-level job with one goal in mind: to take down the company from within. With her compatriot, the not-at-all-ambitious Wes Makazian, they look for the Every's weaknesses, hoping to free humanity from all-encompassing surveillance and the emoji-driven infantilization of the species. But does anyone want what Delaney is fighting to save? Does humanity truly want to be free?
Studded with unforgettable characters, outrageous outfits, and lacerating set-pieces, this companion to The Circle blends absurdity and terror, satire and suspense, while keeping the reader in apprehensive excitement about the fate of the company--and the human animal.
Hey readers and writers! Booktube and Authortube alike! It's me. Your girl. Your KC. How ya doing? Thanks for popping in and watching! Welcome to the channel dedicated to documenting my slow decent into madness reading terrible books and trying to finagle my way into publishing a book. I find good, nay, great books every now and then and you can bet I want to talk about them too! I do the usual bread-and-butter of Booktube: reading Wrap Ups; TBRs (to-be-read lists); I did the Booktube Newbie Tag and the Authortube Newbie tag! I do all those juicy challenges; book tags; and whatever nonsense I think of to film! I also post NaNoWriMo content; writing vlogs; and hopefully will do some live writing sprints! Whether you are a writer or reader, we all agree: books are awesome! I primarily read YA, Fantasy, and Thrillers, so if you have any book recommendations, let me know down below in the comments! Like and subscribe if, you know, you can stand seeing this mug of mine periodically.
Catch Me On Instagram: @lostinabookcase
Goodreads: @booKCase
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