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Golden State

Ben H. Winters

Start date: February 15, 2021

Finish date: March 1, 2021

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Jan 30, 2019 Annet rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: creepy, apocalyptic, dark, crime, weird, family-ties, favorite-author, hope, fantasy

What if the truth was built on lies?
Absolutely loved this book and I do love this writer who writes dark and thought provoking dystopian novels. 4.6 so five stars. I read some of the criticism on details of the storyline, but h*ll, loved it from start to finish. Weird and out of this world. Could this happen? As usual more to follow but I do recommend this out of the box book.

Welcome to Golden State, where the worst crime you can commit is to lie, in a world where everything is recorded and no o ...more

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Mar 20, 2019 Julie rated it really liked it

Shelves: literature, mystery, speculative-fiction, audiobook

A fascinating and timely piece of speculative fiction, this book takes place in a near-future where civilization is based on the truth, with no room for fiction or disagreement. Despite this, it almost falls into the unreliable narrator genre (you’ll see). It’s plotted like a thriller and had lots of unexpected twists and turns. It really makes you think about what a world without people citing “alternative facts” would look and feel like. (Apparently the author was inspired by the Trump inaugur ...more

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Sep 10, 2019 Colleen rated it really liked it

Shelves: thriller, whodunnit, fiction

This past month I've read two novels that could be put in its own category of Trumpian (or Brexitish) Literature. (Empty Hearts being the other for those curious.) I didn't intentionally plan this or anything but it got me thinking how interesting it will be to look back at this period of literature in like 10 years time.

I've read four of Ben Winters books before and really liked him--the Ben H. Winters Last Policeman Trilogy: The Last Policeman, Countdown City, World of Trouble I absolutely lo ...more

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Feb 01, 2019 Jane rated it really liked it

I enjoyed this book. The premise was interesting. I felt like things could have been fleshed out a little better in places, but the book was well worth reading. 3 1/2 stars

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