Hey Everyone,
I am going to review the book "I Am No One," by Patrick Flanery. This book is hot of the press being released today July 5, 2016 by Crown Publishing Tim Duggan Books. For those of you whom are interested in purchasing a copy of this book CLICK HERE. This book is about a professor, Jeremy O'Keefe, who leads two different lives in the UK and the USA He moves back to the USA to rekindle his role as a father. He learns that his life and his activities are not as private as he might have thought. Most of this story takes place after the events of September 11 where our feelings of security and safety were threatened and later questioned. When Jeremy moves back to the United States he has some strange things happen to him, such as he keeps bumping into this one stranger, and strange boxes keep arriving at his doorstep.
Overall I rated this book three and a half stars out of five. It was a very interesting and intriguing book. This book is about so much more than what is written on the cover. It brought forward some interesting concepts and questions of the recent world we have been living in. Such as where is the boundary line between your right to privacy and the public's right to information? Imagine receiving a file on everything you have done in your life, private and public. A little creepy huh? But after September 11, this is the type of world we live in. Do we sacrifice privacy for safety? Although I understand that the author was trying to form Jeremy Okeefe's character as normal and insignificant as possible. In doing this, it made Jeremy's character seem dull and annoying at times throughout the book. I think if the characters were written to be more likable this would have made this book better. However, it is still a good book, intriguing and worth the read.
I would like to thank Netgalley, Patrick Flanery, and Crown Publishing Group Tim Duggan Books for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
Until the next page,
Jill
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