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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | David Shafer
One of Time Magazine's Ten Best Books of 2014Selected by NPR, Slate, and Kirkus as one of the Best Books of 2014Shortlisted for the Pacific Northwest Book AwardThree young adults grapple with the usual thirty-something problems--boredom, authenticity, an omnipotent online oligarchy--in David Shafer's darkly comic debut novel.The Committee, an international cabal of industrialists and media barons, is on the verge of privatizing all information. Dear Diary, an idealistic online Underground, stands in the way of that takeover, using radical politics, classic spycraft, and technology that makes Big Data look like dial-up. Into this secret battle stumbles an unlikely trio: Leila Majnoun, a disillusioned non-profit worker; Leo Crane, an unhinged trustafarian; and Mark Deveraux, a phony self-betterment guru who works for the Committee.Leo and Mark were best friends in college, but early adulthood has set them on diverging paths. Growing increasingly disdainful of Mark's platitudes, Leo publishes a withering takedown of his ideas online. But the Committee is reading--and erasing--Leo's words. On the other side of the world, Leila's discoveries about the Committee's far-reaching ambitions threaten to ruin those who are closest to her.In the spirit of William Gibson and Chuck Palahniuk,Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is both a suspenseful global thriller and an emotionally truthful novel about the struggle to change the world in- and outside your head.
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jouleian
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | David Shafer
Mehso-so

⭐⭐⭐ While the story was eventually put together well, the author was rather self indulgent with character development. I tripped and fell in SO many plot holes, and the ending was SO unsatisfying I'm irrationally angry about it. The ONLY reason I bothered with 3 stars is bc I loved Leo.

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jouleian
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | David Shafer

Now I just recently said the same thing about Vox. This writer is being a bit self indulgent when it comes to character development. Some of them you know WAY more than need be and others you know near nothing about. "Feast or famine". Thank Christ this plot is coming together otherwise I'd have let this one go.

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jouleian
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | David Shafer

Granted the beginning of this book was a bit convoluted, it's epic in it's hilarity...and finally things are starting to thread together. I could really do without all the rehab scenes though....

#panningout

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jouleian
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | David Shafer

Mark had long blown past the point of "I'm sorry, what the fuck are you talking about?"

???

#omgthatsfunny #theoneliners

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jouleian
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | David Shafer

At this very moment, the title is fitting bc I have NO blooming ass idea what's going on with all the story hopping and character switching without warning.

#pleaseletthisgetbetter 😫😫😫

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jouleian
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | David Shafer
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So I picked up this little gem. Had fairly good reviews even though they were fairly mixed. Ya'll know how I am. So wish me luck! #blameitonlitsy #newkidontheblock #whatthehell 😊😊😊

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The.Intentional.Reader
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | David Shafer
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Book Haul! Oh yeah 🤩. Early Christmas present to me

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Avanders
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | David Shafer
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My favorite kind of #bookmail: Mr B's Book Emporium book subscription pick! ?????This is book number 3. "Techno-thriller... social-media info-conspiracy" ... ? Looks like *just* my kind of book! Yay! #MrB

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Bluzygrl
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | David Shafer
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Rainbow book stack makes me smile. #riotgrams #rainbows 🌈

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darby3
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Howseldomtheydo
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | David Shafer
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drunk on books as other men are drunk on whiskey.
― H.L. Mencken picture taken at St. James Gate Folly Beach

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Books + whiskey = 😍 8y
MrBook Loving it 😎👍🏻. 8y
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playasuave
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | David Shafer
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Pickpick

Super engaging and very exciting. I loved the overlapping of each of the characters lives. I think of this book often and seriously hope there is a future film adaptation.

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outofprint
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot | David Shafer
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What are you reading this week? #OOPreads #LitsyReads

todd Just picked up this book at NYCC. A "real history" Game of Throne. What's not to like about that? 9y
BenMezrich I'm reading Station Eleven right now. Very cool book. I'm not sure why, but I love books about killer viruses almost as much as I like shows about zombies. 9y
Sankster I'm reading The Nightingale for my book club. Never really read much historical fiction before this - so far so good. 9y
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