The story is told in a variety of formats-writing, emails, tweets, and even formulas. This genre is outside the wheelhouse of what I would normally read. “By uploading all or part of your externalized memory to an online “collective,” you gained proportionate access to anonymous thought and memories of everyone in the word, living or dead, who had done the same.” The idea of this book had me intrigued and got me thinking about the implications of technology like this and having my memories just out there for anyone to access. Soon Bix creates “Own Your Unconscious.” This technology allows you to access and share your memories. Bix is on the hunt for the latest technology when he finds a group experimenting with “externalizing” memories. The Candy House picks up with Bix Bouton, who owns a successful tech company called Mandala and is well known to everyone. I learned that many characters cross over, and I wonder if reading this first book would have given more context to this story. After finishing the story, I checked out more about this book and learned that The Candy House is the continuation of A Visit from the Good Squad. In this case, I wish I had done a little more research. This is my first book from Egan, and I like to start a new author without gathering too much information about them. Her book A Visit from the Goon Squad won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Award. The Candy House is the sixth fiction novel by American author Jennifer Egan.
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