Little Brother
by Cory Doctorow
Taste attributes: science fictionteenthrillerpoliticalfastimaginarylinearenclosedsocial commentaryunderdog triumphsfighting evil
Boxlist takeA heightened, pacy science-fiction novel, small-scale rather than epic. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.0 / 5
58 ratings
About This Book
Seventeen year old Marcus and his friends are in the wrong place at the wrong time during a major terrorist attack on San Francisco. They are held by the Department of Homeland Security for days before being released only to discover that their city has turned into surveillance society police state. They decide to resist in the only way they know how by taking on the DHS.
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- Author
- Cory Doctorow
- Published
- 2008
- Pages
- 383
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- Open Library
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