The Circle

While much of this book is extremely on-the-nose (the aquarium scene near the very end comes to mind) I still really enjoyed it.

I found it interesting that even though The Circle is certainly a Brave New World style dystopian entity that often oversteps its idealism into obviously creepy and invasive areas, the arguments they make for their actions are pretty darn compelling. I found myself wanting to hear more of what the “Wise Men” had to say about the world. Maybe I just like the way Eggers writes. Even the early parts of the book that are just setting up the world I found very interesting just because of the way he describes it.

Though yes, there are lots of problems. Mae feels like a plot device masquerading as a character. She does whatever is needed to serve the direction the story/The Circle is going in, with no real consistency to her. I found most of other characters to be pretty well fleshed out though (okay maybe not Kalden).

I still found this an enjoyable page-turner and I'm glad I read it.