I always hear really great things about M.T. Anderson's books, but I have never really been able to get into them. I found it strange that our protagonist/narrator's name was mentioned maybe 3 times in the entire book, and though he was supposedly conflicted, he really just had no personality. Violet-- the supposedly life-changing girl-- also had very little personality and seemed a bit too 'manic pixie dream girl' for my tastes (though I know that terminology is outdated). 
 The language was weird throughout the novel, and I understand that was to demonstrate the decline of language and our ability to communicate as technology becomes more intertwined with our lives, but I just found it disorienting and irritating most of the time. When Violet informs Titus that he is "the only one of them to speak in metaphors," I had to wonder what gave her any indication that he was any less stupid than any of his friends. 
 The most interesting parts of this story were the moments where it was interrupted by news broadcasts, but those were definitely not the focus of the story, so they were too quick for me to really find them redeeming. 
 I think that a lot of my students would enjoy this book, but it was published in 2002, which was 15 years ago, and I think that there are books that deal with the problems with quickly advancing technology in more nuanced and interesting ways than this one. Also, though it is not really of concern to me or my students, there is a lot of swearing in this book.