Netopia

by Y.G. Levimor

Netopia tells the story of a future world, without a defined time or place, ruled by an advance social network called “Minds”. In this network users communicate through thoughts. You can create any reality and make any fantasy come true. In this perfect aesthetic-sterile world you can even customize the weather.

Memory drugs rerun the experiences of the users, who instead of warm human relationships prefer to raise neopets, cloned, engineered and malleable creatures such as red panda-cats, orca-penguins or angora-owls. But those connected to Minds quickly discover that this fantastic network comes with a particularly chilling price tag.

This book is not only for science fiction aficionados but for anyone living in our technological world.

Genres: Amazon, Dystopia

269 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 28, 2015

About the author

Y. G. Levimor is a pseudonym for Yasmine Levi and Gal Mor, two journalists, web personalities and writers.

Reviews

[Leigh · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is my first one star rating. This book is awful. Very hard to read. Very poorly written. Poor character development. It is sexist. I couldn’t follow what was going on. Sorry my thoughts are so fragmented but I just finished it and I can’t even tell you what just happened. Read as part of the Popsugar reading challenge as a cyberpunk book.

[Katie · Rating 2 out of 5]

It had such potential. It was an interesting concept and just when I'd get drawn in the author put in an extremely graphic sexual encounter that felt random, forced and added nothing to the story. The end felt rushed and incomplete. It had potential but just wasn't for me

[Sandy Frediani]

No stars because this was a DNF for me. I found it boring, tedious, disjointed and a pain to try and read. I like to give books a chance to improve, but by the time I'd trudged through close to 50% with no improvement... I quit.

[Lady Entropy · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF

[Lily Pytel · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's not the most profound of books but I enjoyed it and read it quickly, wanting to know what would happen. The pacing is great.

[Katinka · Rating 2 out of 5]

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[Jessica Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Netopia is unlike any other book I have read. I don't usually do science fiction, but this book makes me want to read more of them. I think the writing is great and the story line is well thought out. Basically, it involves a futuristic world in time that isn't specified. When people think of something or have a fantasy of something, it comes true. They soon come to find out though, that it isn't as great as they first thought it was. It includes memory drugs that let you relive your past and human contact/relationships are replaced with neo-pets.

In a way, I think this is a jab, at the technology era we have entered. People would rather be on their computers, tablets, and phones, then spend time with their loved ones. Essentially turning into zombies. I could actually see something like this happen in the distant future, if we keep relying so heavily on technology.

I received this product in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion/review.

[Ricky Kimsey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dangers Of A Connected World

This novels the dangers of a connected world. The technology in the novel shows the promise of everyone connected but slowly reveals the downside of such technology.

[Melanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bleak and depressing story of a world controlled by psychopaths!