This has got to be one of the worst books I've ever read. The worst part about it was that it had potential, for a large part, I thought i was reading something that was going to be Matrix-like. Or, have some action. Or intrigue. Or a plot? About 3/4 of the way through, told a friend "I don't think there is time to do this build up justice" Boy was I right. But what I didn't anticipate was that Eggers would work on building up the story until 4 minutes left (it was an audio book) and then give me a part three that wrapped up the whole thing in 4 minutes! And the wrap up was LAME. Save your time.