The Circle
Very few books disturb me. This book disturbed me. Possibly because it seems to border along our current reality. It's the new "1984". The latest technology records & transmits real time, everything you do. All day long. You can turn it off at night and for three minutes when in a bathroom stall. So much like a spy movie, those who have gone "transparent" start having to meet in bathrooms for three minute sessions, if they want to discuss something they don't want the entire world to be privy to. Also as a result, as one would expect there are some embarrassing & humiliating things that the world is exposed to. As the character Mercer said "We're not meant to know everything."
One part that was especially disturbing to me was when they had brought a rare shark into their compound and were feeding it different animals to see if it would eat them or not. (BIG FROWN!!!)
The protagonist is a shallow as they come. She becomes the face of the cutting edge technology company. When her p
eers are polled as to whether she is awesome the response is an overwhelming yes ("smiles") by millions of votes. However there were 398 votes that said no ("frowns"). She starts to obsess over those 398 and keeps morphing the "frowns" into something more sinister ("398 people don't like me", "398 people HATE me", "398 people wish I'd never been born") until it gets to the point where she sees it as "398 people want me killed".
When Mae uses new technology to hunt Mercer down, mob mentality takes over & results in a terrible tragedy.
As I said earlier the protagonist is as shallow as they come therefore the ending should not be a surprise to anyone.
Guest 6 years ago
Am I missing a sequel? Or a cliff hanger?Loved this book, I need more!
Guest 7 years ago
when you only read this book because of the colorful cover
Guest 7 years ago
Such a good book ☺️
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