I am glad that I listened to this as a book on tape because I don't believe that I would be able to get through all the technological information thrown at me through the book.
I liked where this idea could have gone: techie kids playing a find-and-seek game using wifi connections in the city when terrorists blow up part of the city. Panic starts. Marcus and his friends playing the game were black bagged and picked up by Homeland Security. After being released with all but one of his friends, Marcus goes on a viral vendetta against his torturers.
I don't understand tech very well, so, again, I am glad that I listened to this novel rather than read it physically, and feel that I would have shut the covers shortly into the book.
I feel that I don't get any closure to the bombing terrorism that is happening in the city while Homeland Security is busy trying to capture these techie kids. There are constant reminders that "we're fighting terrorists from Al Qaeda" but never do we see what is happening with these agendas.
Regarding why the book was challenged and removed, I feel that is little compared to the other themes in the book: torture and false imprisonment of teenagers. I don't understand why hacking is the bigger issue instead of the TORTURE and falsifying information in the name of Homeland Security.
This book was on the most current banned and challenged list. Little Brother was removed as the approved reading assignment in the Pensacola, Fla. (2014), One School/One Book summer reading program by a high school principal because it promoted hacker culture. The principal “made it clear that the book was being challenged because of its politics and its content.” In response Doctorow and his publisher sent 200 complimentary copies of the book directly to students at the school.
I would recommend this to teenagers and people into tech. It was good.
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