There's things I like and things I don't like. Which is perhaps the vaguest review ever, but there ya go. I'm reserving final judgement until I read more volumes.
This series is growing on me. Either the writing is getting better, or I'm getting used to the style. I haven't noticed any problematic disability analogies like in the first book, but in this book I did notice an emphasis on blonds. For example, there's a group of children and the main character and/or author singles out the blond, blue-eyed girl as particularly worthy of mention. Then there's a 'blond cadet' who gets no more characterization than that except we later learn it's a girl (to my disappointment). Apparently you can be a 'blond cadet' and also 'a blonde' in the same book. I feel you either gender that word or you don't. Don't mix and match.
The fighting was back in this book, but I found I didn't mind as much. Still, plot-wise, the last book was more interesting.
The fighting was back in this book, but I found I didn't mind as much. Still, plot-wise, the last book was more interesting.
I really liked this. When I try to think of what to write in a review though I don't come out very coherent. It's definitely not a typical YA dystopia, although it sort of follows that. And it's a future Brazil. And gender. And race. And quiltbag. And stuff. And yea.
I'm giving it 4 stars because my attention started to flag about 2/3rds in, but I'm still giving it the tag of awesome. I wouldn't at all mind Goodreads recommending me more books like it!
I had to ILL it, but I'm going to suggest to our YA librarian that we get it here too.
I'm giving it 4 stars because my attention started to flag about 2/3rds in, but I'm still giving it the tag of awesome. I wouldn't at all mind Goodreads recommending me more books like it!
I had to ILL it, but I'm going to suggest to our YA librarian that we get it here too.
I was enjoying it at first. The world was a little ill-defined, but I'm a sucker for school stories. However, then it got sort of woo-woo and murky and muddled. She's supposed to learn how to use magic, not from her classes, not from her teachers, not even from the guidance of her teachers, or even from books. She's just sort of.. supposed to... figure it out on her own.. somehow.
A few chapters in, I had pulled the next book from the library shelf and checked it out, assuming I'd want to read it. Near the end, I definitely didn't want to read the next one. At the end, well, if it's about an entirely different character and situation, maybe? Maybe.
Not like I don't have 100 other books to read.
* 100 is an exaggeration. I have way way way more than that.
A few chapters in, I had pulled the next book from the library shelf and checked it out, assuming I'd want to read it. Near the end, I definitely didn't want to read the next one. At the end, well, if it's about an entirely different character and situation, maybe? Maybe.
Not like I don't have 100 other books to read.
* 100 is an exaggeration. I have way way way more than that.
Minus one star for the idea that a toxin that produces bloodlust and rage and makes people murder other people in horrific ways can, in a slightly smaller dose, lead them to have sex. That's.. just... not.. no.
The climactic scene was also forced and gimmicky. Which probably accounts for at least half a star.
The climactic scene was also forced and gimmicky. Which probably accounts for at least half a star.
It was interesting. I liked the space opera aspect more than the romance. I'm not against romance, there's just some tropes in there I don't like and some of them were in here.
The writing could be improved. Not that I want to be led by the hand as a reader, but I want to be led by the hand. One character giving another character a look, and I have a billion guesses as to how to interpret it, where if she'd just inserted the word 'interested', I would've totally gotten it. And a lot of characters are introduced early on, and I had to read back to figure out who the heck Carl was. I think it was Carl. So just things like that. A little help please. I don't know your thought processes. If I read enough of her books, it would probably get easier.
I didn't appreciate the ableist language. It got hard to ignore with like the third or fourth metaphor. Or I guess simile. Or analogy. Well, whatever, they were there.
Typos increased near the end.
The writing could be improved. Not that I want to be led by the hand as a reader, but I want to be led by the hand. One character giving another character a look, and I have a billion guesses as to how to interpret it, where if she'd just inserted the word 'interested', I would've totally gotten it. And a lot of characters are introduced early on, and I had to read back to figure out who the heck Carl was. I think it was Carl. So just things like that. A little help please. I don't know your thought processes. If I read enough of her books, it would probably get easier.
I didn't appreciate the ableist language. It got hard to ignore with like the third or fourth metaphor. Or I guess simile. Or analogy. Well, whatever, they were there.
Typos increased near the end.
It confused me at first, because I thought it was a sequel and then I couldn't tell if it was the same main character or not. My fault for going into it knowing nothing about it? Editor's fault for not suggesting some sort of up-front material to make that a bit clearer? Cover designer's fault for using a cover waaaay too similar to the other series?
I found a logical consistency/internal chronology error. There were also more typos than I'd like, especially as it got towards the end.
Quick read though.
I found a logical consistency/internal chronology error. There were also more typos than I'd like, especially as it got towards the end.
Quick read though.
Worst book of the whole series. They're terrorists and torturers because they lacked the patience or creativity to do it any other way, and you totally can't sympathize with what they're doing.
And I didn't mention this when I read the last book, because I forgot in all the other things I was mentioning, but Sasha was acting quite young for a 10-year old. And he had a rough start, yes, but he'd had five years of a stable homelife at that point, so stories and glasses of water before bed? Really?
But now! He's magically someone she can relate to. Because a year, which somehow made him 12, means he's suddenly capable of reason and humor.
The whole book was fighting, fighting, fighting. And they were doing atrocious things, like I said. So blaaah.
And I had thought the series was culminating to something, but it totally wasn't. All that stuff about the Ancients or whatever they were called that was brought up in the last book? Nothing here. Except she's still convinced that was another universe without providing me any proof of that!
Repetitive Jax is repetitive. At least three times she's like 'well, I think I'll get my face tweaked.' Yea, yea, we get it.
And angsting about how long-lived you are is frelling stupid when the life you're living is so full of danger and risk! Don't worry about being 200 and seeing people die when you'll be lucky to live through the next month. Honestly.
This series definitely had a curve to it. Rough start, better in the middle, horrible ending.
And I didn't mention this when I read the last book, because I forgot in all the other things I was mentioning, but Sasha was acting quite young for a 10-year old. And he had a rough start, yes, but he'd had five years of a stable homelife at that point, so stories and glasses of water before bed? Really?
But now! He's magically someone she can relate to. Because a year, which somehow made him 12, means he's suddenly capable of reason and humor.
The whole book was fighting, fighting, fighting. And they were doing atrocious things, like I said. So blaaah.
And I had thought the series was culminating to something, but it totally wasn't. All that stuff about the Ancients or whatever they were called that was brought up in the last book? Nothing here. Except she's still convinced that was another universe without providing me any proof of that!
Repetitive Jax is repetitive. At least three times she's like 'well, I think I'll get my face tweaked.' Yea, yea, we get it.
And angsting about how long-lived you are is frelling stupid when the life you're living is so full of danger and risk! Don't worry about being 200 and seeing people die when you'll be lucky to live through the next month. Honestly.
This series definitely had a curve to it. Rough start, better in the middle, horrible ending.
The cracks are showing. I'd be tempted to say she should've quit this series while she was ahead, but I get the sense it's building to something.
I tried to be circumspect in writing this review and I don't feel it's particularly spoil-y if you've reached this point in the series or never intend to read the series. But if you're in the middle of the series and haven't gotten here yet, you might consider some of this as spoilers.
I noticed more typos in this one. And though this wasn't a part of this book, I wonder how the heck you can be conceived in grimspace. Because having sex and conception are not instantaneous or simultaneous things.
Two characters get fridged right at the start of this book, which annoyed me to no end.
Jax is all squicked out, not quite so much at the killing and butchering of an animal, but at the actual eating of it afterward. When she had little problem eating real animals, live ones as I recall, when she was ambassador. So it's okay to do it for political reasons, but when you're starving, you have moral qualms?
One character decides a 6 months journey in straight space is a good idea when, had he only waited a month or so, he could've had a jumper take him there. Patience, grasshopper.
There were too many flashbacks, chunks of text taken from other books. It got to the point where I /skipped/ them. Cuz, dude, I just read them a week or so ago. Writers, never lift text wholesale for flashbacks. Do us the courtesy of rewriting them at least.
There are show more two lengthy excursions into two different characters' backstory where it's no longer Jax telling the story. And one was interesting enough, but the other was boring and pointless as heck. Dude, I don't care about March walking around in the jungle and killing things. I just don't.
And okay, so you're transported to... somewhere, you have no idea where. It could be A) The planet you were on, but a different part of it or B) A different universe entirely. And.. that's it? Those are the only two ideas she comes up with and she leaps pretty quickly to deciding it's B), with no evidence at all that I could see, except that it didn't seem to be A). Chica, you didn't for a moment think.. well, maybe this is a different planet? Like, in your own universe? Or that maybe time travel was involved? Those two options would occur to me before I ever leapt to the idea of it being another universe entirely!
And that's not even mentioning the idea that you can replace a dead baby with a clone. But hey, whoops, I just mentioned it.
March and Jax both need to be slapped upside the head. But that has ALWAYS been true.
I have to see this series through now. I think there's only one book left. show less
I tried to be circumspect in writing this review and I don't feel it's particularly spoil-y if you've reached this point in the series or never intend to read the series. But if you're in the middle of the series and haven't gotten here yet, you might consider some of this as spoilers.
I noticed more typos in this one. And though this wasn't a part of this book, I wonder how the heck you can be conceived in grimspace. Because having sex and conception are not instantaneous or simultaneous things.
Two characters get fridged right at the start of this book, which annoyed me to no end.
Jax is all squicked out, not quite so much at the killing and butchering of an animal, but at the actual eating of it afterward. When she had little problem eating real animals, live ones as I recall, when she was ambassador. So it's okay to do it for political reasons, but when you're starving, you have moral qualms?
One character decides a 6 months journey in straight space is a good idea when, had he only waited a month or so, he could've had a jumper take him there. Patience, grasshopper.
There were too many flashbacks, chunks of text taken from other books. It got to the point where I /skipped/ them. Cuz, dude, I just read them a week or so ago. Writers, never lift text wholesale for flashbacks. Do us the courtesy of rewriting them at least.
There are show more two lengthy excursions into two different characters' backstory where it's no longer Jax telling the story. And one was interesting enough, but the other was boring and pointless as heck. Dude, I don't care about March walking around in the jungle and killing things. I just don't.
And okay, so you're transported to... somewhere, you have no idea where. It could be A) The planet you were on, but a different part of it or B) A different universe entirely. And.. that's it? Those are the only two ideas she comes up with and she leaps pretty quickly to deciding it's B), with no evidence at all that I could see, except that it didn't seem to be A). Chica, you didn't for a moment think.. well, maybe this is a different planet? Like, in your own universe? Or that maybe time travel was involved? Those two options would occur to me before I ever leapt to the idea of it being another universe entirely!
And that's not even mentioning the idea that you can replace a dead baby with a clone. But hey, whoops, I just mentioned it.
March and Jax both need to be slapped upside the head. But that has ALWAYS been true.
I have to see this series through now. I think there's only one book left. show less
Yea, so, this is borderline my type of thing. It's space! Yay, space! But I have trouble with the writing style. It's very close first person and you get all sorts of running commentary in her head. But that's not even the tricky part. The tricky part comes when she has conversations with people and they make leaps of logic and intuition that I sometimes have trouble following.
It's like talking to twins, or best friends, or to people who have been married for awhile. They take shortcuts and know what each other is talking about, but even though I'm in the head of one of them, it's still tricky for me!
And like, that makes sense when she's talking to her telepathic boyfriend. It doesn't make sense when she's talking to other people. Why are they all on the same wavelength and leaving me out of it?
Also, fighting, fighting, fighting just isn't the sort of thing I'm keen on reading about.
It's like talking to twins, or best friends, or to people who have been married for awhile. They take shortcuts and know what each other is talking about, but even though I'm in the head of one of them, it's still tricky for me!
And like, that makes sense when she's talking to her telepathic boyfriend. It doesn't make sense when she's talking to other people. Why are they all on the same wavelength and leaving me out of it?
Also, fighting, fighting, fighting just isn't the sort of thing I'm keen on reading about.
To be honest, the real story of Eon whatshisname/whatshername sounds much more interesting than this manga volume was. The bad French and (what language is the word 'psalms'?) spelling was really annoying too. If you're going to write a book set in France, it's not enough to learn the history, you need to have a dictionary handy. And, seriously, misspelling your title character's name?
Not sure if Ubukata or Yumeji is the responsible party on the spelling.
Not sure if Ubukata or Yumeji is the responsible party on the spelling.
Angst angst, archery, archery. It kind of goes around in circles. And reading the afterward of this volume where they say it was meant to be 2 volumes but was one chapter too long, yea, I see that. It was too long.
The typos were atrocious. Let's just get that out of the way right now.
Toronto was misspelled in a way that a spellchecker should've caught, but more annoying were 'site' instead of 'sight', 'vice-principle' (twice!), numerous 'woman' that should've been 'women' or 'women' that should've been 'woman', missing words, duplicate words, and the misspelling of one of the character's names pretty near the end. Ramachander instead of Ramachandra. It was beyond distracting. And all I have to say is authors with Tor? Look out. If you don't do your own copyediting, it apparently isn't going to be done for you.
The story is mainly about their daughter who's a snowboarder. I mean, it's not about snowboarding, but snowboarding comes into it. So if you like books with young female protags or you like snowboarding, it's a good book. I don't think you have to have read the previous books in the series to get into this one.
I think our library is doing it a disservice by shelving it in the adult section rather than YA, but they might've gotten that idea from the publisher.
It reminds me a bit of Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi. Except of course Jumper was or could be classified as YA to start with.
Well, anyway, I quite liked it, and it's a shame about the typos, but they were so bad that I really do have to deduct a star from my rating for it.
Toronto was misspelled in a way that a spellchecker should've caught, but more annoying were 'site' instead of 'sight', 'vice-principle' (twice!), numerous 'woman' that should've been 'women' or 'women' that should've been 'woman', missing words, duplicate words, and the misspelling of one of the character's names pretty near the end. Ramachander instead of Ramachandra. It was beyond distracting. And all I have to say is authors with Tor? Look out. If you don't do your own copyediting, it apparently isn't going to be done for you.
The story is mainly about their daughter who's a snowboarder. I mean, it's not about snowboarding, but snowboarding comes into it. So if you like books with young female protags or you like snowboarding, it's a good book. I don't think you have to have read the previous books in the series to get into this one.
I think our library is doing it a disservice by shelving it in the adult section rather than YA, but they might've gotten that idea from the publisher.
It reminds me a bit of Zoe's Tale by John Scalzi. Except of course Jumper was or could be classified as YA to start with.
Well, anyway, I quite liked it, and it's a shame about the typos, but they were so bad that I really do have to deduct a star from my rating for it.
I read this as an e-arc from NetGalley.
It's a look at how Robin Hood may have come to be, from the point of view of young Will Scarlet.
It was a bit like Treasure Island, at least how I imagine Treasure Island to be never having actually read it, in that it doesn't shy away from the bandits being bandits. They steal, they drink, they're drunks, they stink, they have bad habits, they kill people, they're generally not morally upstanding guys is what I'm saying.
I actually enjoyed the story more towards the end, because it got funnier then. Or at least more fun. Funner and funnier. It's unclear if there will be a sequel, but if there is, I hope it continues in the vein that this book ended on.
And there's a girl pretending to be a boy. That can't hurt, right?
It's a look at how Robin Hood may have come to be, from the point of view of young Will Scarlet.
It was a bit like Treasure Island, at least how I imagine Treasure Island to be never having actually read it, in that it doesn't shy away from the bandits being bandits. They steal, they drink, they're drunks, they stink, they have bad habits, they kill people, they're generally not morally upstanding guys is what I'm saying.
I actually enjoyed the story more towards the end, because it got funnier then. Or at least more fun. Funner and funnier. It's unclear if there will be a sequel, but if there is, I hope it continues in the vein that this book ended on.
And there's a girl pretending to be a boy. That can't hurt, right?
There were some good stories, and science fiction is not dead. Yadda yadda.
The first story, or one that was very close to first, ruined a perfectly good story with a completely frivolous, unnecessary use of the word 'tranny'. :P
A story shortly after that was all about sending kids with Asperger's into space to save the human race. It made no sense whatsoever. And while I am not on the autism spectrum or know anyone very closely who is, it struck me as not a very good portrayal. Very Othering.
Another story just past the middle (I checked, because I know the weakest stories are usually in the middle) was so completely long-winded and boring. It needed serious editing. Like, more than half of it could've gone and it would've been such a better, tighter story. Still not all that great, but better.
More men than women in the antho.
The first story, or one that was very close to first, ruined a perfectly good story with a completely frivolous, unnecessary use of the word 'tranny'. :P
A story shortly after that was all about sending kids with Asperger's into space to save the human race. It made no sense whatsoever. And while I am not on the autism spectrum or know anyone very closely who is, it struck me as not a very good portrayal. Very Othering.
Another story just past the middle (I checked, because I know the weakest stories are usually in the middle) was so completely long-winded and boring. It needed serious editing. Like, more than half of it could've gone and it would've been such a better, tighter story. Still not all that great, but better.
More men than women in the antho.
I don't consider myself a memoir reader, but I saw the Big Idea for this on Scalzi's Whatever and it intrigued me enough to put a hold on it at the library.
I had trouble putting it down and read through it quite quickly. Very compellingly told.
One thing that did strike me as funny was that before she gets the weight loss surgery, she joins a mailing list and meets people in a support group and sees a bunch of doctors. After the surgery, there is zero mention of any of these things. Not even a mention of.. not going to doctor's appointments, skipping the support group, deleting emails or unsubscribing. Nothing. It was very odd.
There were also more typos than I'd like.
But it seemed very open and honest.
I had trouble putting it down and read through it quite quickly. Very compellingly told.
One thing that did strike me as funny was that before she gets the weight loss surgery, she joins a mailing list and meets people in a support group and sees a bunch of doctors. After the surgery, there is zero mention of any of these things. Not even a mention of.. not going to doctor's appointments, skipping the support group, deleting emails or unsubscribing. Nothing. It was very odd.
There were also more typos than I'd like.
But it seemed very open and honest.
I was writing the review in my head as I read it. I was going to write how the book started out with the main character being all sappy with her two boyfriends and wishywashy and whatnot, but then the book got better.
Except that it didn't. The whole freaking book is 'does he love me?' 'can I love him?' 'is he a good guy or a bad guy?' and her crying over this, that and the other thing. Teenage angst, thy name is The Elite. Seriously, both guys should drop her and go for someone who can make up her freaking mind. Or she should just choose BOTH OF THEM like any REASONABLE PERSON. Well, any reasonable poly person anyhow.
The competition at the heart of these books isn't advanced much. There's a little bit of political stuff, but not much. She's in actual danger.. not often.
It's just very blah, unless you /like/ teenage main characters who can't choose between two guys and spend an entire book waffling.
Nothing is resolved in this book. Absolutely bloody nothing.
I shouldn't expect much from second books in the YA dystopia genre, I really shouldn't, yet I keep doing it. This one didn't disappoint me half so much as Insurgent (sequel to Divergent), and I will probably pick up the third book. But oh em gee, you guys, I begin to see why some people can't stand to read YA.
Maybe I am finally getting too old for this genre!!
Except that it didn't. The whole freaking book is 'does he love me?' 'can I love him?' 'is he a good guy or a bad guy?' and her crying over this, that and the other thing. Teenage angst, thy name is The Elite. Seriously, both guys should drop her and go for someone who can make up her freaking mind. Or she should just choose BOTH OF THEM like any REASONABLE PERSON. Well, any reasonable poly person anyhow.
The competition at the heart of these books isn't advanced much. There's a little bit of political stuff, but not much. She's in actual danger.. not often.
It's just very blah, unless you /like/ teenage main characters who can't choose between two guys and spend an entire book waffling.
Nothing is resolved in this book. Absolutely bloody nothing.
I shouldn't expect much from second books in the YA dystopia genre, I really shouldn't, yet I keep doing it. This one didn't disappoint me half so much as Insurgent (sequel to Divergent), and I will probably pick up the third book. But oh em gee, you guys, I begin to see why some people can't stand to read YA.
Maybe I am finally getting too old for this genre!!
I didn't realize this book was in verse until I started reading it. The formatting in epub was okay, although I did have to turn a couple of extra pages at times, so the pagination was off. Not unsurprising.
What was surprising was how much I liked it. I'm not really a poetry person. And to some extent it was even about poetry.
What was surprising was how much I liked it. I'm not really a poetry person. And to some extent it was even about poetry.
Writers and roleplayers will get something a little extra out of this one.
My library was confused whether to put this in the children's room or the teen room. It's pretty solidly middle-grade. Reminds me of A Green Glass Sea, and I'm not sure why, because I can't think what they actually have in common except for the age group.
My library was confused whether to put this in the children's room or the teen room. It's pretty solidly middle-grade. Reminds me of A Green Glass Sea, and I'm not sure why, because I can't think what they actually have in common except for the age group.
Not exactly sure why I picked it up. The cover looked interesting, the blurb looked interesting, despite being about poetry? And I liked it more than I should've reasonably liked it. It reminds me a shade of Francesca Lia Block, whose books are just a bit too out there for me to enjoy.
It's possible I even teared up a little at the end.
It's possible I even teared up a little at the end.
This might be my favorite of the series. I felt I could understand it better than most of the others.
(Highly) fictional account of Charlotte/Charley Parkhurst. The story starts near where I'm living now, so that was pretty cool. It's a girl/woman who lives as a boy/man, so that's cool. It covers a lot of ground geographically and temporally, so it doesn't go very in-depth, like. Kind of.. surface story.
Horses are important to the story, but it's not really a horse story. I feel the cover is a little misleading in that. But it's fine. I'm not a fan of horse stories.
Lightning comes before thunder, not the other way around. Physics.
Horses are important to the story, but it's not really a horse story. I feel the cover is a little misleading in that. But it's fine. I'm not a fan of horse stories.
Lightning comes before thunder, not the other way around. Physics.
So this guy blackmails this girl into being his slave, including doing sexual favors for him. (No actual sex. Yet.) Too skeevy and otherwise boring for me to continue reading this series.
It took me awhile to read this because I took lots of notes.
If you ever wanted to know more than you ever wanted to know about your digestive system, then this is definitely the way to digest that information. Mary Roach is informative, interesting, and amusing, as always. Also, gross. Very gross.
She needs to research and write faster so I can learn more things.
She needs to research and write faster so I can learn more things.
I was happier about this book until I looked for it on Goodreads and saw there were sequels. Argh! It actually works quite well, I think, as a stand-alone. And I am very, very leery of reading more and not liking those and thus ruining my experience.
Because what I liked about this one was because it was a bunch of kids surviving a global disaster in a superstore. And I love that sort of thing. I can only imagine the next book doesn't involve the store, which makes it infinitely less interesting to me.
It might've gotten 5 stars from me, except I am so sick of girls in these situations being at risk of rape. Are they _more_ at risk than usual? Really? It has to be in every book like this?
Anyway.. I did like it. And now I want to live in a superstore.
Because what I liked about this one was because it was a bunch of kids surviving a global disaster in a superstore. And I love that sort of thing. I can only imagine the next book doesn't involve the store, which makes it infinitely less interesting to me.
It might've gotten 5 stars from me, except I am so sick of girls in these situations being at risk of rape. Are they _more_ at risk than usual? Really? It has to be in every book like this?
Anyway.. I did like it. And now I want to live in a superstore.
The premise is interesting. China sort of rose to dominance and then humans colonized Mars, so it all takes place on a very Chinese Mars. And it's YA to boot, which isn't what you'd expect given the first premise.
Unfortunately, it wasn't very interesting to read. I was trying to pinpoint why. Following Iron Jaw for the first section was the best part of all of it, and it just got duller past that.
A lot of time passes, so in ways it's like an overview and not actually getting _into_ the story. Also perhaps more tell than show? More action than characterization? Some combination of those things is why it wasn't very engrossing for me to read.
Then the ending (I was skimming by that point, just to finish) was rather a letdown. More of an anticlimax than a climax. And maybe the author was trying to make some sort of point.. but it didn't seem like the ending it had been building toward.
Also, in a way, it was just another YA dystopia!! Only without a love triangle. Or a trilogy.
I still might recommend it if people are looking for a nonWestern sf future or books on Mars. Just because of the different premise.
Unfortunately, it wasn't very interesting to read. I was trying to pinpoint why. Following Iron Jaw for the first section was the best part of all of it, and it just got duller past that.
A lot of time passes, so in ways it's like an overview and not actually getting _into_ the story. Also perhaps more tell than show? More action than characterization? Some combination of those things is why it wasn't very engrossing for me to read.
Then the ending (I was skimming by that point, just to finish) was rather a letdown. More of an anticlimax than a climax. And maybe the author was trying to make some sort of point.. but it didn't seem like the ending it had been building toward.
Also, in a way, it was just another YA dystopia!! Only without a love triangle. Or a trilogy.
I still might recommend it if people are looking for a nonWestern sf future or books on Mars. Just because of the different premise.
Anyone at all interested in marketing or social media needs to read this. It'll make you think twice while you're hitting that 'share' button on Facebook or 'retweet' on Twitter. Why are you sharing it? To make yourself look good? Because it made you angry? Because it made you think of a particular person who might be interested?
Very readable book with lots of examples and stories to explain his points.
Very readable book with lots of examples and stories to explain his points.