Lynnie 
contemporary fiction
For the 3 people who haven't read this yet- The Circle is an extreme social network, like Facebook on steroids. Our main character Mae lands a dream job with The Circle & continues to get hooked deeper & deeper into the culture and norms of the company and all of its expectations. All information is centralized online, public, and constantly rated & reviewed with the idea that everyone is participating in the society (which of course, they aren't). This is a cautionary tale for modern times.
I understand what Dave Eggers was trying to portray in The Circle & I think the idea behind it is more relevant now than even a few years ago when it was released, BUT... I honestly hated it. I kept waiting for some sort of "a-ha" moment, but sadly I just became more & more frustrated as I read.
Unfortunately, I thought the characters were one-dimensional, the dialogue was unrealistic & repetitive, & worst of all, the story was predictable. Honestly, I don't have much to say about it other than the story I had in my head when I read the book summary was much better than the book that I read.
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