The Disconnect: A Personal Journey Through the Internet by Róisín KiberdMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Deeply personal collection of interlinked essays, focusing mainly on the tech industry and the internet. Kiberd particularly captures the millennial experience of the internet well, specifically how intertwined "online" and "real" life are now in a way that maybe doesn't make sense to older people.
I thought the essays focusing on Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg, as well as their effects on Dublin through gentrification were very strong and Kiberd is an engaging writer, although I did find the personal nature of many of the essays slightly overbearing by the end of the book. Keen to read more from her in the future.
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