Helpful Score: 4
Consider what your life would be like if you could access the Internet directly from your brain. No need to learn to spell - just access the dictionary directly. But the "feed" to the brain is controlled by advertisers. This book describes just what the first generation of teenagers might be like who have a "feed". The book is on the dark side but provactive considering a new generation growing up with the Internet.
Helpful Score: 3
I really enjoyed this book. It accuratley portrays how stupid people can be, and how caught up in crazy trends teens can be. It was very creative, and a short, quick read. I reccomend this book!
Helpful Score: 2
The blurb on the back reads: "'We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck.' So says Titus, a teenager whose ability to read, write, and even think for himself has been almost completely obliterated by his 'feed,' a transmitter implanted directly into his brain... But then Titus meets Violet, a girl who cares about what's happening to the world and challenges everything Titus and his friends hold dear. A girl who decides to fight the feed."
The book was good; a lot of my friends really enjoyed it. I personally found the prospect engrossing, yet frightening. A quick read that really reminds the reader what could happen if we're not careful.
The book was good; a lot of my friends really enjoyed it. I personally found the prospect engrossing, yet frightening. A quick read that really reminds the reader what could happen if we're not careful.
Helpful Score: 2
This book was a interesting story set in the future. It was sad to see to the level we had sank ecologically. The unique language takes a bit to get used to, but the overall moral of the story was a good one.
I really enjoyed this book. I had read it once before and decided to give it another go and I found that I liked it as much as I did the first time! The book can be a little difficult to read in parts as sometimes they talk in a futuristic type of talk, and because their "feeds" are sometimes randomly interjected in their normal thought patters. I like that this occurs because it really shows that the feeds are actually a part of them.
Five Stars
Five Stars