It's hard to say much about this book without spoiling the plot. The book follows the narrator through her childhood, into adolescence and finally intIt's hard to say much about this book without spoiling the plot. The book follows the narrator through her childhood, into adolescence and finally into her adult life. It's part mystery and part commentary on technology and how it affects society.
The mystery part comes from not being exactly sure what the narrator is talking about until halfway through the book, and then dealing with the problem of having an unreliable narrator.
The commentary part comes from thinking about how the narrator and the people she grew up with are treated and seen by outsiders.
At first, I grew tired of the way the author structured each "flashback", where she would say one thing, then go back further and talk about something that happened before before actually getting to the thing that triggered the flashback in the first place. But eventually, I just grew to accept that was the way the author reveals the story.
The sense of dread that pervades through the whole book is impressive since this isn't a horror story or anything. I kept feeling "there's something strange going on here" and I had an inkling of what it was, but that didn't keep me from feeling sad when the author revealed what was going on.
Part of me felt happy that the narrator and her friends had the priviledged life they did, but part of me felt sad about where their life ended up....more
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