"The Circle" is what makes a good (and mostly American) literature: timely, ironic, intelligent and easy credited. As Jonathan Franzen or Jonathan S. Foer - just not quite as good - it creates Eggers here to write a readable reflection on the here and now, a performance which I unfortunately only very, very rarely find among German authors. At the beginning is "The Circle" The best results as the protagonist step by step into the brave new world of Google-Apple-Facebook groups (here a merge) is introduced here. It is wonderful to read how the new world of work is pointed here: there are not only table tennis and free massage, but sports courses, free-parties, concerts ... all the separation of 'Life' and 'Work' picks. The actual work of the protagonist Mae is always less important social activities are the real heart of the company. It describes delicious, as are all so begeister of themselves and their new technical possibilities - and then there are always scene change to small nature getaways or parents of Mae. In the middle section Mae rises continuously in the Group and the storyline is exciting, some mysterious, and controls for quick steps to a (foreseeable?) Finale. However, a little loses the book also thinking of persuasion and the main character is an increasingly alien. This is perhaps the greatest, if not severe, criticism of the story: the protagonist, which carries the whole story remains central, actually quite pale and one-dimensional. I could understand their lives and their enthusiasm at the beginning of yet, it is always more difficult in the course of the book. That's a pity - and maybe then but the difference for example to Jonathan Franzen. But still: well worth reading!
