Sarah's Library

12/07 - There is a lot of internet related techno-speak (I want to call it babble, but I won't, because it probably makes sense to readers who are more profficient at understanding the intricacies of the internet) which I sometimes had trouble following.  In the end, after reading many baffling descriptions of what's going on in the background while I Google, I skimmed most of the passages detailing the inner workings of the World Wide Web, making sure I got the information pertinent to the story without having to read all the words about how it all works (don't want to spoil the magic, or waste my time reading a paragraph-long description that won't make anything any clearer anyway).  Despite the very in-depth techno-speak I enjoyed the book.  It had a unique plot and very realistic descriptions of the development of an online artificial identity as well as how a previously blind teenager might view and describe the world as she first begins to see it.  Caitlin is a sympathetic teenage character - she's intelligent, a little backward in her peer relationships and still happy to be seen with her parents (my kind of teenager).  Looking forward to the second book in the trilogy.