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Title: Oh dear. You can do so much better, Douglas
Review: I'm afraid I'm with most of the other reviewers. jPod is not up to scratch.The plot's ludicrous (and really rather dull).The characters are barely two-dimensional. I think the relationship between the main narrator, Ethan, and Kaitlin sums it up [SPOILER]: Early in the book Ethan lets on he's interested in Kaitlin (with no real detail). There are a few exchanges; he says "I like you" and in the next chapter they're boyfriend and girlfriend. A little later they're living together. Just like that. I'm afraid I didn't believe in a single character, so I didn't care what happened to them.There are too many technical errors to have any tech-cred (I spotted three or four high-school-science-level stuffups and I'm no coder, so I have no idea whether the code bits are legit).There are a few bits of clever dialogue, which are really the only redeeming features.And I'd so enjoyed Douglas' blog on the NY Times...
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