It was a well executed concept that happily was not divorced from its religious roots. The Rebooters’ beliefs originate in Jewish history, and I wish London had explored the Jewishness of the Jubilee and the Rebooters even further. I was also impressed by how London handled the Rebooters. On the whole, Proxy is an original, engaging story. Their relationship, I was somewhat let down by the ending, which relies on Sydĭidn’t get to see that bond being developed. Proxy would have benefited from slowingĭown the pace and really dwelling in Syd and Knox’s down time when they have Relationships with one another, and as a result, their intimacy by the end of What with all the fighting for their lives, for the characters to build While this made it thrilling to read, I doĭoesn’t trust the reader to stay interested in his characters unless they are There is no room to be bored while Syd and Knox are being pursued,įighting for their lives, and sneaking around in a world designed around It’s a fast read Syd and Knox are knockedįrom the frying pan into the fire quickly. His approach is new and reflects realĪs for the plot, I was kept engaged in this novel. Science fiction stories about the dangers of advanced technology, London focuses I found this vision of technology and its dangers to be completely Takes targeted advertising just one step further: in Proxy, smart billboards communicate with people’s networkedĭevices and change their ads accordingly. Web browsing data is collected as well, which is a familiar issue today. With bio-programming that makes them trackable. Purposes of the ultra-wealthy by tracking people who skip out on their The problem is who is in control of how data is collected and used: technology serves the His point isn’t that humanity has gone too far with new, scary technology-the problem isn’t self-driving cars or “patches” Medicine, cars, drugs, school-London givesĮvery area of life his consideration, and the world he presents is believable. Wealth were familiar, yet well adapted to a world with new technology. Syd and Knox work together through their baggage as victims of a crooked system as they search for the “Rebooters,”Ī group of revolutionaries who want to bring about the Jubilee, the erasure of Outside of the city is treacherous and unknown. ![]() Great that Syd decides it is worth it to try to escape, even though the world Syd’s story begins when his patron, Knox, accidentally kills Is punished for it with torture or hard labor, which the wealthy child is When this wealthy child breaks the rules, Syd Terminology, a “proxy”) for another child the same age. ![]() Purchased so that he would serve as the whipping boy (or, according to the book’s The poor are born with debt, while the ultra-wealthyīuy that debt in order to execute complete control over the indebted. Society into a culture of extreme debt and extreme wealth. Detroit is the only place left, but capitalism has run its course and transformed ![]() Most of the United States is toxic wasteland or desert. ![]() Proxy is a vision of Detroit in the far future. Trigger Warnings: Blood, death, suicide, homophobia, outing without consent, graphic torture, torture of children, recreational drug use, antisemitism, ableism (more details in review) Note: This book does not contain any sexual content
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