QualityLand

Probably a 3.5.

This satire on capitalism, tech companies and the way our lives are so dependent on algorithms set in a future where all of these things have been taken to an extreme is quite hilarious. The way language is used, or how we live in our own confirmation bias bubbles or even electoral politics - the author makes a lot of fun about all of them but we can also clearly see the parallels to our current reality and that uncanniness was a bit scary too. It's also very easy to read despite being a translation.

However, there are many conversations in the story that felt like info dumps which kinda bored me. And despite this being a story about an ordinary inconsequential man taking on a mega corporation, I couldn't see where it was going. And that ending kinda stumped me - I'm not sure if I'm dissatisfied because I shouldn't have expected anything else or maybe I just wanted it to be different from real life.

Overall, I can say that pick this book up if you want something entertaining but don't expect it to be very profound or radical in any way.