The Future

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The Future (Hardcover, 2023, Simon & Schuster)

Hardcover, 416 pages

Published Nov. 7, 2023 by Simon & Schuster.

ISBN:
978-1-6680-2568-0
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4 stars (1 review)

The latest novel from the Women’s Prize-winning, bestselling author of The Power, The Future is a white-knuckle tour de force and dazzling exploration of the world we have made and where we are going.

The Future is where the money is.

The Future is a few billionaires leading the world to destruction.

The Future is a handful of friends hatching a daring plan.

The Future is the greatest heist ever? Or the cataclysmic end of civilisation…

The Future is here.

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4 stars

"The only way to predict the future is to control it." An interesting idea that powers a book that has a lot to say about 21st century oligarchy and our relationship to technology. There's one conclusion that hits home particularly hard; I can't describe it without spoiling the story, but I'm glad it's there.

If I have a criticism, it's that the author has so many ideas to share that they sometimes burst the seams of the thriller that forms this novel's page-turning center. But I enjoyed every minute, nodding along and wondering what was going to happen next.