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I'm doing this project where I'm rereading books I enjoyed from my adolescence and seeing how they hold up. FEED was a book that really stuck out to me as a candidate because I still remembered it so strongly despite not picking it up for several years. It's kind of like a YA-ed up version of BRAVE NEW WORLD. In a future where the earth is suffering from multiple environmental crises, humans take solace in an electronic soma: the internet feeds wired into their brains.Titus, the hero, is the main character. He's just an ordinary teen who likes to do dumb stuff with his friends. When we meet them, they're partying on the moon, wanting to hook up and get wasted. Then he sees a girl who isn't like other girls. Her name is Violet and she uses big words and actually cares about the world beyond what it can offer up to her for sale. But when a rioter hijacks their computers to make a political statement, something goes wrong with Violet's... and as she struggles with her health, she tries to make Titus see without the influence of his feed.This is a very depressing book but I think the author did a really good job with it. All the slang is a bit tricky at first, but the words the author chose all make sense and I picked it up pretty quickly. Some readers complained about the swearing and graphic content, but again, I think it sets the stage for the vapid, superficial world the author created and it never crosses into explicit.Some sci-fi books don't age well but this one actually got better with age. The author actually predicted so much-- doom scrolling, toxic positivity, physically harmful trends for the sake of virality, and so much more. What makes this even more impressive is that social media was still kind of a gleam in the internet's eye when this was published, and so were the shopping algorithms that are now economical powerhouses online. I can't say that this book filled me with joy but it was incredibly intelligent and insightful for a YA dystopian and I think I liked it more as an adult than I did as a teen.4 to 4.5 out of 5 stars

Imagine a world where you don't have to leave your house. The internet, IMs, chats, stores and all connections to the outside world are directly installed... in your head. But, if you DO choose to leave your home, you have the ability to ride (not drive) in your "up-car" to the Moon, Jupiter, Mars, etc. Everything you'd ever want is directly at your fingertips. There is even a way to experience virtual reality and even watch your favorite personal memories with your friends. You can share your dreams and the thoughts and images that you see in your head (including your personal feelings while you were seeing these images) with other people- projected in their minds like a movie.Everything is connected. Everyone is connected.But, there's a problem. Due to this "connection" being constant, people lose pieces of their personalities. Commercials and advertisements are constantly being broadcasted into your MIND so that you'll get the sudden urge to buy, buy, buy everything that's in "style", even though styles only last about 15 minutes. Girls excuse themselves to go to the bathroom and change the part in their hair, people "zone out" during conversations because they're "chatting" with their friends IN THEIR HEADS!Human bodies aren't meant to function this way, so they begin to fall apart. Not everything is "meg rad".The scary part is, while this story is a bit over the top and far-fetched, I can't say that it will NEVER happen. I see the deterioration of Earth and America as a whole. (Tear down the forest to put up Air factories) I see the ever persistant need to be "connected". I am old enough to remember a time when cell phones didn't even exist- now, I can't possibly get through the day without checking my email and text messages. Even this review is online. How else would I be able to share this with you?The difficult part of the book- the vocabulary is really aggravating at first. It took me a few chapters to warm to the characters because they "like" said "like" everything in "meg" overtoned simpleton language. It was frustrating, at first, but I was over it by the middle of the book. The storyline carries it enough to overlook the aggravation. Even the narrator's dad says "Dude". haha.Great story. I read all the time and this story has been the best idea for the past few months, at least. Even though I am much older than its intended audience (I think around 14?) it is still really enjoyable. I may read more MT Anderson. "Feed" is my first.

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