We Are Satellites

By: Sarah Pinsker

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

"Taut and elegant, carefully introspected and thoughtfully explored."—The New York Times

From Hugo award-winning author Sarah Pinsker comes a novel about one family and the technology that divides them.

Everybody's getting one.

Val and Julie just want what’s best for their kids, David and Sophie. So when teenage son David comes home one day asking for a Pilot, a new brain implant to help with school, they reluctantly agree. This is the future, after all.

Soon, Julie feels mounting pressure at work to get a Pilot to keep pace with her colleagues, leaving Val and Sophie part of the shrinking minority of people without the device.

Before long, the implications are clear, for the family and society: get a Pilot or get left behind. With government subsidies and no downside, why would anyone refuse? And how do you stop a technology once it's everywhere? Those are the questions Sophie and her anti-Pilot movement rise up to answer, even if it puts them up against the Pilot's powerful manufacturer and pits Sophie against the people she loves most.

Maybe Best as an YA Offering?

Hummm...almost. Interesting premise that could have been a compelling story. Not particularly well written. The narration did not work for me at all, robotic and annoying.
I think it might interest middle school kids.

Ok

Ok idea - not very well executed. Narrators voice and inflections got annoying and became chalk on a board … the premise of the book was interesting but the story was kind of scattered it felt like back to back unfinished thoughts …. I did read it all the way through though so that’s something

A lot of nothing

I loved the start of this book. So much potential in the subject matter. But it quickly deteriorated to a very bland and undeveloped book with a rushed ending, Felt like the author had a great idea without the imagination to do it justice.

Sci-fi without shoot em up battles

I appreciate a sci-fi book that does not involve violent battles and the saving of humanity. This is a story set in the fairly near future where brain implants that enhance perceptions become all the rage Is it safe? Is it a good idea?
It's told from the point of view of a "2 Moms" family with 2 teenage kids. I cared about the characters and the well constructed storyline. Fun interesting read. I wasn't sure I like the narrator but she grew on me.

Brilliant

Awesome, Great Story, Loved it. Just enjoyed it. Need more books like these. Wonderful, amazing.