Love Minus Eighty

Love Minus Eighty

2013 • 291 pages

Ratings12

Average rating4.1

15

Image death not being the end. If you're rich enough and/or fortunate enough to have good insurance you can pay to be frozen and have yourself revived after death. While dead is still inevitable, you can prolong life for a very long time. If you don't have the money and is a woman who meets a certain level of attractiveness you can be a part of an expensive dating service. Only your face and mind awoken when someone payed the right amount to talk to you “Date” you in the hope you may wake up fully one day but with a new spouse.
This world is based on our internet, social-media culture today. The author doesn't burden the reader with over-explanations of the new technology but weaves it seamlessly into the story. People are shallow, lost, lonely, and self obsessed but don't worry the reader will find likable characters and as the story goes on ideas of characters constantly change through the novel as situations present themselves.
I thought writing was strong, and polished. The story ended abruptly and I wished for a little more at the end.

December 7, 2013Report this review