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8.5/10

Black Box, Goon Squad #1.5 is part of the second book, [b:The Candy House|58437521|The Candy House|Jennifer Egan|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1642351487l/58437521._SY75_.jpg|86707532]

"The fact that you feel like you're dying doesn't mean that you will die."

"The fact that a man has ignored and then insulted you does not mean that he won't want to fuck you."

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[b:The Candy House|58437521|The Candy House|Jennifer Egan|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1642351487l/58437521._SY75_.jpg|86707532], Goon Squad #2 ⭐9/10
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linedalbro's review

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3.0

Sort Boks er en kort (og lidt mærkelig) spionhistorie. Vi følger en ung kvindelig skønhed der er undercover og skal infiltrere magtens mænd. Hendes krop er den sorte boks ser indeholder vigtig information og gennem indopereret teknologi, kan hun sende nødsignaler, tage billeder (ved hjælp af et kamera i hendes øje), optage samtaler (ved hjælp af en mikrofon i hendes øre) og meget andet.

Hun er sendt ud på en farlig opgave, som hun kun kan komme ud af på to måder - ved succesfuldt at få fat i de oplysninger hun skal bruge, eller ved at dø.

Hele historien er skrevet i punktform, som en slags missionslog, der beskriver hvad hun bliver udsat for, hvilke tanker der går gennem hende om hendes hjem derhjemme og hvordan hun opfatter de mennesker der er rundt om hende.

Der er ikke nogen jeg-fortæller, så på den måde lærer vi ikke rigtig vores "skønhed" at kende - for selvom vi får oplysninger om hvor hun kommer fra, er man i tvivl om det nu er sandhed eller noget som hun er trænet i at sige når folk spørger.

Bogen er hurtigt læst, og jeg vil ærligt sige at jeg sad lidt med en "nå-øh-var-det-det"-følelse da jeg var færdig. Det kan godt være det bare er mig, men jeg forstod ikke helt meningen med bogen. Spøjs bog, der nemt kan læses på en times tid!

nlallen1's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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chantelmccray's review against another edition

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4.0

Jennifer Egan is such an innovative writer, proven once again with Black Box. A novella (novelette?) released in tweets over the course of ten evenings. The story takes the shape of a spy log, with each tweet being an entry in the log. I'm not sure how I feel about the format of it's release, I preferred reading each evening tweets as a whole rather than as they were released because that's just how my brain works, but the story itself was clever and original. Definitely worth checking out. You can read it in its entirety in the June 4th & 11th double issue of the New Yorker.

silviaamaturo's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Strong character development? No
Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

sweetpeppah's review against another edition

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4.0

i love love love the idea of using twitter for creative writing. although i actually read this in The New Yorker's sci fi issue, it was still presented with each sentence spaced out on its own, and kept the choppy, elegantly sparse feel. She also takes an interesting POV, it's written as an instruction manual/case study, describing events and emotions that are happening as "you might", and "it may". very clever, and also a compelling and inventive story.

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