This book is so boring. I skipped thorugh most pages just to attempt to finish it. It was very disappointing after all of the hype. After reading "Double Fold" I thought this book would be interesting to read but I was very wrong. ( )

loaned to Ariana

The only reason I admit I read this book, never mind gave it five stars is that I worked at Kramer's Bookstore where Monica Lewinsky herself bought her copy. It's a phone sex conversation, scandalous. The owner was going to give her records over to Ken Starr until the Librarians Association picketed outside. This is part of why I'm proud to be a librarian. ( )

Good, but I liked "the mezzanine" by him better ( )

Vox is one of my favourite books and Jim and Abby are two of the nicest characters I can think of. I was charmed by them both and liked them very much.
They meet in a telephone chatroom designed for strangers to call and talk about sex. Jim is turned off by the paid chatroom hostesses and the lack of real woman, Abby unimpressed by the unimaginative sex talk of the men who find themselves confronted by a 'real' woman. But then they discover each other and move to a private chat room.
They talk about everything, not just sex and reveal a great deal about their lives to each other. By the end of this all too short book you don't want them to hang up and I would love to read a follow up to see if Abby and Jim ever kept in touch.
I think this book was an interesting look at how strangers can meet and connect via technology and in such a startling way. ( )