![]() I loved how women were still sex objects but now men were, too. I loved the technology and I loved how every time I read about GlobalTeen I thought of Facebook. ![]() She said she cared for Lenny, for her sister, and I believe she did but, in the end, it was destined to be hard for both of them. But, what more could you ask from a young girl who was psychologically and physically abused? She acted the way a young girl totally obsessed with herself would act. I did feel like this might be our generations "1984" possible or maybe it's just a really great novel about what could happen to a society that constantly borrows money from China. I applaud him for being able to handle so many different voices and personalities while also creating text speak and "youth speak" all the while making to sure to give Lenny the depth and self-centeredness we all contain. I really enjoyed Shteyngart's tone and word usage. Of course I wonder what it was like in the suburbs, more intimately than when Lenny visits his parents, but, what a disturbing and sad and lovely book.
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