The Feed

I enjoyed reading this text especially for its language style. I thought it was very engaging the way the author wrote it was as if I was speaking directly with one of my friends with all the “likes” he threw in there and all the simplistic vulgarity. It made the text have a more realistic feel or connection to my youth and even though this book was written some time ago I feel like that is still how young adults talk to one another. I also liked how this book positioned young adults. By challenging them to evaluate the control that technology is having over their lives. I feel like it is really applicable now-a-days as well because how often do you see someone without their cellphone, never. If you look around you while you are walking to school or to the coffee stand you will see almost everyone especially if they are by themselves glued to their cell phones. It makes me question, could society live one day without advanced technology or would we completely lose our minds. Are we going to become eaten alive just like the lesions that are invading the bodies of the characters in the story? I also think that incorporating a love story into it helps as well. Because it shows the growth that love can have on someone and how it can cause a person to see things in a different light and grow as a human. Overall I would rate this book an A. If I grade my students papers anything like I grade these books I will be giving out a lot of A’s.