SuitabookThe rendering
Joel Naftali
- Reading
- The blog-post structure may make it useful to pause between entries: invite your reader to recap what Doug knows, what others claim and what remains uncertain before moving on.
- Themes
- Doug’s account and public blame: Doug narrates how he tries to save the world while being branded a terrorist and murderer. Doug’s account places his attempt to save the world alongside the severe accusations made against him.
- Blog-post narration: Doug’s story unfolds as blog posts, with entries interrupted by his friend Jamie or the artificial intelligence that mothers him. The episodic format makes the telling itself part of the story, with interruptions from other voices breaking into Doug’s account.
- Worth knowing
- The plot includes Doug’s aunt being killed, a centre being destroyed and a nearby town soon affected; it also involves fighting an armed biodroid force. These are substantial peril and harm elements.