Lost in Arcadia

I have not had good luck with these Kindle First books. This book was far too disjointed--too many characters, too many plot points, too much focus on social commentary--that nothing seemed well-developed. Also--spoiler alert--WHY introduce a killer virus AND a completely undeveloped concept of AI i......more

Where's the rest? I hate when books don't have a real ending. Just because GRRM gets away with it, doesn't mean every author should try it. Yes it's a really mesmerizing book. Great writing excellent plot, I would happily give it 5 stars, except for that missing resolution at the end.......more

There was so much I didn't like in this book. 1) My biggest issue, this book reads more like a set of loosely connected short stories, then like an actual novel. There seemed to be no overarching plot until the last quarter of the book. If you like short stories, you may like this book more than I d......more

Science Fiction turned Fact in this frightening portrait of the near future. Characters who don't need full development because we see so much of our weakest selves in them. While being written before the 2016 election, so much of this world seems to be Trump's America in an errily short amount of t......more

This novel takes place in the near future -- 2037 to be exact. It's an America run by an autocratic, bible-thumping buffoon; obsessed with online interactions to the detriment of real relationships; distracted by slick, mass produced "culture" with no real depth or integrity. In other words, it's ju......more