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These Days (2013)

by Jack Cheng(Favorite Author)

3.63 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1482692414 (ISBN13: 9781482692419)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

review 1: I was one of the Kickstarter backers, but I did not have the time to read the book until today. I liked the book. It had good moments and some great insights. The prose about the information age, technology and how it is affecting us was excellent. But.. (there is always a but).. I often wondered if the the author knew where he was going with this story. The core of the story is the relationship between K and Connor, and it was an interesting relationship. But so many pages in the book was about entrepreneur stuff and fictional apps. In my opinion too much time was devoted to such things. Often I thought that it was a lack of focus or maybe he had so much fun writing about things he knew much about that other things got lost.There is a third character in the story. New Yor... morek, this is a story about New York and the live there. I found that was very interesting, the spirit of New York in the story.
review 2: I was NOT one of the Kickstarter backers, but I borrowed this book from my husband who was. He is a web designer/developer and he insisted that I read this book because a lot of what was in Connor's head was also in his. I guess as a person not in this industry it was a little slow going. There was a lot of detailed talk about the industry that went right over my head. I thought there were too many details during pitches that didn't really add to the story. So anyway, we have Connor who is not satisfied with the work he is putting out in the world. He leaves his job of 4 years to figure out what he wants in life and he stumbles into another company that seems to give him an opportunity to make a difference. He meets K and they start dating, but she has a lot of secrets that really work against their relationship. At first Connor seemed a little lost and I enjoyed K's POV more, but the more I was in her head the more I wanted out. Her life had a pretty big tragedy that she refuses to talk about and pretty much ruins any relationship she gets into because she was too afraid to be honest and communicate. Connor really falls for her and you start to feel really bad for him because he doesn't have any clue why things are going south with her. It was hard to read as Connor struggles to make something that is important and K not really being supportive because she has shunned all things techological. Connor is frustrated with work and his relationship and you are frustrated with him. About halfway through the book the story really picks up for those of us not in this industry. Overall, I liked the book. It was an honest voice for people in this line of work and also for those of us in relationships with those people. I didn't love the ending because I wanted everything wrapped up in a pretty package, but it was an honest and true ending. Not a bad read from this first time author. less

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