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Lost in Arcadia
Lost in Arcadia | Sean Gandert
4 posts | 4 read | 6 to read
The America of 2037 is a country distracted by, infatuated with, and addicted to Arcadia. The brainchild of reclusive genius Juan Diego Reyes, Arcadia is a wickedly immersive, all-encompassing social-media platform and virtual-reality interface. Although Arcadia has made the Reyes family fabulously wealthy, its left themand the rest of the countryimpoverished of that rare currency: intimacy. When Juan Diego mysteriously vanishes, the consequences shatter the lives of the entire Reyes clan. As matriarch Autumn struggles to hold the family together, siblings Gideon, Holly, and Devon wrestle with questions of purpose and meaningseeking self-worth in a world where everything has been cheapened. Outside the artificial safety of Arcadia, America has crumbled into an unrecognizable nation where a fundamentalist ex-preacher occupies the Oval Office, megacorporations blithely exploit their full citizenship, and a twenty-foot-high Great Wall of Freedom plastered with lucrative advertising bestrides the US-Mexican border. In a polarized society now cripplingly hooked on manufactured highs, the Reyes family must overcome the seduction of simulation to find the kind of authentic human connection that offers salvation for all.
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Lizwarnerpdx
Lost in Arcadia | Sean Gandert
Bailedbailed

I tried, but could not get into this book. The chapters were from different characters point of view, there are a lot of characters, and I‘m not totally sure how the all relate. The story revolves around an online simulated world called Arcadia that everyone seems to be tuned into at all times - which is kind of depressing. I made it 18% before giving up.

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Lizwarnerpdx
Lost in Arcadia | Sean Gandert
Bailedbailed

I couldn‘t get into this at all.

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sprainedbrain
Lost in Arcadia | Sean Gandert
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My #KindleFirst pick for this month. There were some very interesting selections for June - I had a hard time choosing!

vivastory This sounds 👍 stacked! 7y
MKbookworm Me too! Some months I don't find any interesting but this month I had a hard time choosing. I went with 7y
sprainedbrain @MKbookworm I added that one to my wishlist! I also thought Stillhouse Lake and The Man of Legends looked great. 7y
Fortifiedbybooks This was my pick as well. I'm saving it for my Sci-fi Summer reading challenge that starts on the 21st. 7y
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