The writing was bland, the characters flat. The premise was what originally drew me in, but this book didn't even pretend to provide an objective view - it's clear that Eggers doesn't like where the world is heading, with all our likes and dislikes and smart cars and being connected and durr hburr all technology is bad and Thomas Edison was a witch. 
 But hey, to each their own. Just maybe burn my eyes out next time so I don't have to read the sex scenes?