The Knockoff

This book was so, so good in that it so seamlessly integrated the new tech world - and its personalities and characters - with the traditional industries that have been so carefully developed. As someone who walks the fine line between “millennial” and having remembered a life before the Internet, I loved it. A fun, escapist read. If this was a movie, I would expect Robin Wright to play Imogen Tate.

It was fluid enough to keep me going, but it had two major drawbacks: 1, the Imogen character who was portrayed as a classy, elegant, wise and gentle editor in chief of a fashion mag, returning after a sick leave of 6 months, sounded 67 and not 42 with her absolute stupidity tech wise. One thing is not to know code or the blog platform. Another is the kind of baffled question she would ask, as a disservice to all 42 women who actually know pinterest, instagram or facebook. 2, Evie was the opposite: a villain so stereotyped it was like a child throwing a tantrum.
So, even if the context was ok, the two main characters were dumbing it down.