Zeroes

I definitely wouldn't have picked this book up on my own, but I'm glad my book club chose it. It starts out as a hacker thriller novel, but halfway through morphs into some really crazy sci-fi on themes of artificial intelligence and exactly how much of our lives is offloaded to the internet. The characters are often reprehensible but interesting and mostly realistic. I think more could have been done with DeAndre and Aleena, but overall I enjoyed watching these characters. I'm not sure if Wendig is a genius or just a walking dad joke with his spot on naming (Copper? Chance? Really?). The science starts strong, but things do get wonky at the halfway point so don't count on it for hard sci-fi. If that doesn't bother you, it's a great thrill ride.