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Chaos on CatNet
Chaos on CatNet: Sequel to Catfishing on CatNet | Naomi Kritzer
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This book is perfect.The New York Times Book Review on Catfishing on CatNet It takes an AI to catch an AI in Chaos on CatNet, the follow-up to Naomi Kritzer's award-winning near future YA thriller. When a mysterious entity starts hacking into social networks and chat rooms to instigate paranoia and violence in the real world, its up to Steph and her new friend, Nell, to find a way to stop itwith the help of their benevolent AI friend, CheshireCat. Praise for Catfishing on CatNet A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice/Staff Pick A Kirkus Reviews Best Book A Junior Library Guild Selection An Edgar Award Winner for Best Young Adult Novel A Minnesota Book Award Winner for Best Young Adult Novel An Andre Norton Nebula Award Finalist An ITW Thriller Award for Best YA Novel Nominee A Lodestar Award Winner for Best Young Adult Book Midwest Connections Pick (Midwest Independent Booksellers Association) A first-rate YA novel.Locus Magazine Positive, realistic LGBTQIA+ representationespecially nonbinary identities. Wickedly funny and thrilling in turns; perfect for readers coming-of-age online.Kirkus (starred review) At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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Robotswithpersonality
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As thrilling and fun as it is a public service, honestly. Strong themes around safety, wellbeing: how young people engage with social media/apps; how conversion therapy is wrong AND illegal; championing various identities and normalizing polyamory among other sexualities; the Big Bad is a fundamentalist religious doomsday cult; and the emphasis on public safety over armed police (which is given further context in the Author's Note). 1/?

Robotswithpersonality There is that standard trouble with YA, 'you've got to get the adults out of the way so the teens can have adventures' is made more plausible here by the adults coming in various flavours of 'trying but a little unprepared' to abusive. Somewhat dispiriting to realize that much discussed in the book probably matches real kids' upbringing in various circumstances. Thank goodness for Mimi! 2/3

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Robotswithpersonality Turns out hypothermia-in-ten-minutes cold, with slow is actually an incredibly effective obstacle without slowing the pace of the action.

The reveal was one I guessed early, but didn't take away from my enjoyment. Ending did feel a little rushed - a couple loose ends I would have liked to see tied off. Would still highly recommend this duology. And wouldn't mind a future installment in the series! Always down for happy, helpful AI characters.
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Robotswithpersonality
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It's important to cultivate a number of hobbies. 😆

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CatNet cares. 🤖🥰 Time for lunch!

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kwmg40
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This fun and fast-paced YA thriller is an excellent sequel to Catfishing on CatNet, featuring a sentient AI who wants to help humans. Nominated for the 2022 Lodestar Award. #hugoawards #hugo2022

#JubilantJuly #BookSpinBingo
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Andrew65 Great 👏👏👏 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 2y
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April 2021 reads! Do not recommend Spell Hunters and Star Dust was a bit meh. But the others were great.

HeyT Ooh how was Chaos on CatNet? I really liked the first one. 3y
silentrequiem @HeyT It wasn't as good as the first one but still fun! 3y
HeyT @silentrequiem Good to know. 3y
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