Nat Idle, a San Francisco writer with a medical degree, narrowly survives an explosion in an Internet café after a stranger hands him a note warning him to exit immediately.
The handwriting on the note belongs to his deceased girlfriend, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist whom he has obsessively been mourning. So begins HOOKED, a pop thriller for the Internet Age, written with the force of an adrenaline rush and the pace of an intimate email dispatch you can't stop reading. Each chapter of ... (show more)
Nat Idle, a San Francisco writer with a medical degree, narrowly survives an explosion in an Internet café after a stranger hands him a note warning him to exit immediately.
The handwriting on the note belongs to his deceased girlfriend, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist whom he has obsessively been mourning. So begins HOOKED, a pop thriller for the Internet Age, written with the force of an adrenaline rush and the pace of an intimate email dispatch you can't stop reading. Each chapter of this novel will keep readers hooked as Nat Idle searches for the love of his life in the midst of manipulation and conspiracy. (show less)
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This was a pretty fun techno-thriller.. fast, paced and exciting, with enough twists and turns to be quite unpredictable. And the "evil" technology... (show more)
This was a pretty fun techno-thriller.. fast, paced and exciting, with enough twists and turns to be quite unpredictable. And the "evil" technology was pretty interesting, although I think this book would be better suited to someone more interested in computers. I did like the ex-girlfriend's, Annie's, character quite a bit, as well as that whole interesting relationship... (show less)
Matt Richtel's "Hooked" starts with an intriguing set up: a cafe explosion, a mysterious woman, and a note from a long-dead love. With a hook like ... (show more)
Matt Richtel's "Hooked" starts with an intriguing set up: a cafe explosion, a mysterious woman, and a note from a long-dead love. With a hook like that, this could have been an excellent book. Unfortunately, it quickly falls apart, eventually devolving into a total mess that stretches suspension of disbelief. Utterly disappointing. (show less)
I expected a rip-rollicking thriller set in familiar surrounds what I got was a pedestrian stumble over rutted ground with a god complex thrown in to muck it up. Obviously, not my favorite read of 2008.
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It was a pretty good book, by the end was a little disappointing. Makes for an interesting read though.
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