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Frequencies by Joshua Ortega

kielma's review

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3.0

The most interesting part of this book for me was that it is set in Seattle so I'm familiar with all the places where it takes place. I'd find myself on the bus crossing the same bridge that the character was crossing in the book while I read it. Other than that...this was good, but nothing too stupendous. Interesting ideas...the government has figured out a way to monitor our thoughts, and anyone who is caught thinking too deeply without a permit is punished--sort of a Big Brother thing going on. But the story was a bit too disjointed and the characters a bit too unpredictable for me to really get into it. Still entertaining enough to make me want to keep reading, though. There is supposedly a sequel in the works, and if it ever gets published I'll probably read it, but this book stands alone just fine.
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