The Every

The Every, written by Dave Eggers, is one of the strangest books I have ever read. The Every is a corporation made up of the largest search engine/social media companies that has merged with the largest e-commerce company named after a big forest in South America. Delaney Wells is a woman from Idaho. She is a former forest ranger and not a big fan of technology. She decides to fight the Every from within. Delaney wants to free society from surveillance. She gets a job at their big company in San Francisco. Her plan is to ruin the company by suggesting ideas so intrusive and socially damaging that the Every will fail. Her first idea, presented at her first interview, is an app that will let the user know if their friend is lying to them. Every takes her idea and runs with it ruining friendships and marriages and increasing the suicide rate. Delaney doesn't stop trying. She comes up with more ideas that she is sure will fail. She is wrong again. The book moves quickly through one idea after another at a terrifying speed. This book was hilarious and horrifying and I hope I can sleep tonight.