Reviews and Comments

Liked another of her books I read recently

Suspenseful

When I saw this at the bookstore I was thinking about gifting it to my mom. Now that I've read it I'm glad I chose something else. It's bad.

Oops, didn't mean to immediately finish it, but it starts out with such speed and gains a lot of force quickly to overwhelm you and take you along

I bought a couple short books to make it easier to reach my goal 🙈

Sprinting to finish 40 books this year... Reveews will probably happen next year

This short book really packs a punch. (Full review follows)

Marvelous! Full review soon.

Written very much as a factual account of the platforms that saw some popularity in the US, and a selection of people that were most popular on these platforms this book provides next to nothing in the way of commentary or analysis. Full review here

Easily the best non-fiction book I've read. If you are interested in society, culture, or politics it's a must read. If you're not I'd still recommend it. Full review here.

Als Erzählung schwer zugänglich, als Projekt interessant. Volles Review hier.

I'm about 50 pages in and this is really bad. The author is a WaPo reporter and it completely shines through. Every section ends with a cliffhanger ("But MySpace wouldn't stay on top for long" or "But nobody believed blogging could turn a profit"). And the author does no commentary in her own voice. She lays out the history of some platform or fad using a couple of people as examples and then quotes journalists and celebrities commenting on that. It promises a "social history of social media" which I took to mean an exploration of society and culture either online or shaped through the online. Instead, it's individuals standing in as examples for eras of online life. Also, the view is extremely US centric, but that could just be because social media has its roots there.

It's very quick to read though, so I'll probably still finish it.

Loved her movie, excited for this novel

This has been compared to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, which I didn't enjoy. I don't know what moved me to give this a try, but as was to be expected I did not like this either. Full review here

Whew that took me 3 months. The ideas presented seem to have great merit, and the book as a whole has "major implications" (as it states itself). The last quarter wasn't as dense as the beginning, but everything got tied into a coherent whole at the end. The writing style probably isn't everyone's cup of tea, but I mostly enjoyed it. Full review will follow, but I can already say that this is a must read for anyone who wants to understand >>>society<<<.