The Circle by Dave Eggers
I went to see the movie Split with a friend of mine and one of the trailers that played before hand was for The Circle. I already owned the book but hadn't taken the time to dig into it yet. The trailer made the movie look like a scary movie so I was anxious to get the book read before the movie released so I could see it in theatres.
The Circle is the name of the worlds most power internet company and Mae, the main character has just gotten hired on as an employee. I was trying to think of a way to explain this book without giving away anything that might be considered a spoiler... and all I really feel I can say is that you are basically following Mae and her employment with this company and learning about it as she learns about it. This company made me kind of think of Amazon... its basically taking over the world.
I can tell you that after watching the trailer and then reading the book it is definitely not a scary book. Well, let me take that back... if you are someone with conspiracy theories and are afraid of a totalitarian society than this might be scary for you... but not scary in the way that first trailer made it look. Not scary as in a thriller. The book moved pretty quick for me and definitely held my attention. The ending, however; was extremely lame. It didn't end how I thought it would... and it just kind of ended in a hurry like the author was tired of writing the book. Endings like that annoy me... you get so invested in the story and the characters and then it's just over. Lame.
Anyways, I think it's worth a read. I haven't seen the movie yet.. actually not sure I even want to see it in theatre's now. I'll probably wait until it comes out in video and then just rent it for the sole purpose of comparing the book to the movie.
I went to see the movie Split with a friend of mine and one of the trailers that played before hand was for The Circle. I already owned the book but hadn't taken the time to dig into it yet. The trailer made the movie look like a scary movie so I was anxious to get the book read before the movie released so I could see it in theatres.
The Circle is the name of the worlds most power internet company and Mae, the main character has just gotten hired on as an employee. I was trying to think of a way to explain this book without giving away anything that might be considered a spoiler... and all I really feel I can say is that you are basically following Mae and her employment with this company and learning about it as she learns about it. This company made me kind of think of Amazon... its basically taking over the world.
I can tell you that after watching the trailer and then reading the book it is definitely not a scary book. Well, let me take that back... if you are someone with conspiracy theories and are afraid of a totalitarian society than this might be scary for you... but not scary in the way that first trailer made it look. Not scary as in a thriller. The book moved pretty quick for me and definitely held my attention. The ending, however; was extremely lame. It didn't end how I thought it would... and it just kind of ended in a hurry like the author was tired of writing the book. Endings like that annoy me... you get so invested in the story and the characters and then it's just over. Lame.
Anyways, I think it's worth a read. I haven't seen the movie yet.. actually not sure I even want to see it in theatre's now. I'll probably wait until it comes out in video and then just rent it for the sole purpose of comparing the book to the movie.
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