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Feed
320 pages
A hyper-kinetic, slang-soaked plunge into a corporate-controlled future that feels terrifyingly close to our own screen-addicted reality.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like scrolling through a hyper-targeted social media feed while the world burns around you. It is a brilliant, blistering satire wrapped in the degraded, slang-heavy vernacular of a future teen generation entirely colonized by corporate interests. The prose is a chaotic, immersive assault of pop-up ads, shallow chatter, and sudden, devastating moments of clarity. Initially, the pace is brisk and darkly comedic, pulling you into a frenetic, neon-lit world of superficial desires. But as the narrative progresses, the mood shifts from chaotic to profoundly claustrophobic and tragic. It is a chilling, unforgettable experience for readers who love linguistic experimentation and bleak, dystopian warnings that hit uncomfortably close to home.
- Mood
- claustrophobic
- frenetic
- chilling
- hollow
- Tone
- satirical
- cynical
- bleak
- darkly comedic
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- technological dependency · hyper-consumerism · loss of individuality · environmental collapse · commodification of connection
- The writing
- Written in a brilliant, degraded futuristic teen slang interspersed with aggressive, fragmented corporate advertising copy.
- The arc
- Begins as a chaotic, hyper-stimulated teen comedy and slowly descends into a devastating, inescapable tragedy.
- Who it's for
- Readers who appreciate biting social satire, linguistic experimentation, and bleak sci-fi that mirrors modern anxieties.
Content notes
- terminal illness
- body horror
- environmental decay
- medical trauma
About the book
For Titus and his friends, it started out like any ordinary trip to the moon—a chance to party during spring break and play with some stupid low-grav at the Ricochet Lounge. But that was before the crazy hacker caused all their feeds to malfunction, sending them to the hospital to lie around with nothing inside their heads for days. And it was before Titus met Violet, a beautiful, brainy teenage girl who has decided to fight the feed and its omnipresent ability to categorize human thoughts and desires. Following in the footsteps of George Orwell, Anthony Burgess, and Kurt Vonnegut Jr., National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson creates a not-so-brave new world—and a smart, savage satire ushering us into an imagined future that veers unnervingly close to the here and now.
Description from Open Library.
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