Could not finish this book. Plot is too boring and predictable. Here is the big reveal. Amazon and Apple like companies could go bad and abuse their market advantage. So if you think that simple and obvious premise can keep you entertained for a whole book then this is fine. But if instead you were hoping for some critical social commentary, bold nuisance of ideas, or plot driven by strong characters then well— nope. Not this book. Characters are flat and cliche. Star character is an attractive woman that’s got it all— emotional control, physical prowess, and intellectual dominance— wow what an impiously cliche character type. And does this attractive woman end up also having a heart of gold? Surprise, she does! I read this book due to recommendation by Washington Post. Either the post is employing idiots to churn out blanket recommendations or it’s been a bad year for the written art form. I am thinking maybe both.

This is one of the best books of any genre I’ve read in the last few years. It draws on the culture of several fixtures of the gig economy…Apple, Tesla, Amazon etc….and creates a utopian/dystopian dichotomy for the future. Utopian because of the thoughtful aspects of this world and dystopian because of its seedy and hypocritical underbelly. And the central hook is a mystery about what was really going on. I really could not put it down.