Written for an audience primed with various science-fiction films and novels about this idea, the expectations for The Feed, Nick Clark Windo’s debut novel, were high. With a title that overtly references the main aspect of popular social media: one’s facebook feed, twitter feed, instagram feed, etc., there was a sense of relevancy to the novel that was almost immediately debunked by the end of chapter one. However, the execution of The Feed lacked the subtlety and mind-warping prose that allowed for the success of its forebears. In the opening chapter, Kate struggles to slip out of her Feed, so to speak, but tunes out to appease her husband. This sense of disconnect mirrors the growing disconnect between people in the modern world that Tom is concerned about.

Source: Daily Sun March 22, 2018 03:00 UTC