This was an interesting book. Although I was intrigued by the premise, like other reviewers I had a hard time connecting with the character. Thanks for letting me check it out!

I enjoyed this though it was a bit convoluted. There were also some pages in the copy I received that had the font and pages jumbled that made it a bit confusing until I realized what was going on. Overall, a good story!

This book took me ages longer than it usually takes me to finish a book. I was expecting to get a tech-minded mystery of sorts, and what I got was a main character that I couldn’t connect with, who seemed to be a mirror for anyone he encountered. The peripheral characters were all very categorized. I found the plot difficult to get into, which was ok, as once I got to the end, I was not invested enough to be bothered that there was no end.

On a positive note, the general premise of the book was very interesting. Thank you #NetGalley for this ARC of #PleaseReportYourBugHere

I loved the writing style in the book. The storyline is very original and perfect for anyone looking to read a scifi story.

Please Report Your Bug Here was a really interesting take on a modern idea. I don't often venture into the world of science fiction but I very much enjoyed this book. This left me with a lot to think about and I am looking forward to more novels by Josh Riedel.

Like a lot of other readers, I had a difficult time connecting with the characters in this one. I found our fearless protagonist to be a rather whiny and entitled example of his generation, and it made it very difficult to relate to him or care what was happening in the story as he related it. The writing didn't feel very complex, nor did the plot development, particularly given the social commentary and points the book seemed to be trying to make. This one wasn't a good fit for me...

The book was interesting. I enjoyed the plot of the story while hating the main character. I found him to be whiny, entitled, and annoying. The social commentary was what led to me wanting to read the book, and while I enjoyed it I also felt like I was reading recycled arguments about big data being dangerous. It wasn’t a terrible book, but it was not a very strong book either.

Please Report Your Bug Here is a relevant book considering the times we live in today. The book definitely tackles issues about Big Data and how corrupt the digital era is but I also found it hard to connect with the protagonist.

Thank you to #NetGalley and Henry Holt & Company for providing me an advance copy of Josh Riedel’s debut novel, Please Report Your Bug Here, in exchange for an honest review.

#PleaseReportYourBugHere is a fictional, first-hand account of the protagonist, Ethan Block, journey as the first employee hired by DateDate—a strange dating app startup in SF—through to its corporate acquisition. The novel begins in the present (January 2023, which is the book’s scheduled publication date), with a future Ethan explaining to the reader that divulging this story will violate his former employer’s NDA. The remainder of the novel takes place between September 2010 through July 2011, when Ethan is twenty-four years old.

There are definitely shades of literary construction and a solid germ of a plotline, however, the story struggles to determine its identity; often vacillating between sci-fi and literary fiction (or is this what they deem speculative fiction?). My notes to the editor would include a sharper focus on one genre, an honest book blurb for whatever genre the editor chooses, and to watch for anachronistic elements.

I am torn on how to rate this book since there are so many golden nuggets I can excavate, but ultimately, it is missing that je ne sais quoi in the end. Both the opening and the conclusion move like molasses, almost wooden or one dimensional to an unfathomable degree.

This is also the first novel in a while where I can truly say I hated all of the characters and found none of them possessed any redeeming qualities, which might be the point. For instance, I could not bear the protagonist a page longer. Ethan is written so childish, naïve, and immature that I could not believe he was twenty-four years old. It might even be better to make him and Noma high-school seniors. That is the only way they are believable as characters in my mind.

Allie seemed like a random toss-in, and the founder just, what, disappears into the ether? Speaking of the founder, I decided he was written in the vein of Jared Leto’s character in the #Apple TV series #WeCrashed, which is based on #WeWork’s CEO. Again, another obvious dig at corporate culture and the persona of the Silicon Valley CEO.

Overall, there are some beautifully, written passages and what could truly be shaped into either an intriguing sci-fi or gorgeous literary fiction novel. Unfortunately, the two were not married well here and leave the reader unsatisfied in the end.

A workplace novel combined with the multiverse theory, interesting book

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This ARC was provided to me via Kindle, Henry Holt & Company and by #NetGalley. Opinions expressed are completely my own.

Interesting read about dating and technology.

Ethan Block works at an on-line dating startup in Silicon Valley. He works with the Founder and the Engineer, unnamed throughout this book. His job is fixing the little glitches that pop up in the day to day operations. The three of them work out of rented space in a windowless corner of a solar panel company. The days are 13 hours long, powered by Red Bull. It’s all pretty predictable. Until it isn’t.

A glitch starts showing up in which the clients photo of their top match is just a black panel. Upon closer observation subtle variations can be seen in these black shots. And odd sensations. And memories that may or may not be real.

This is the grab to Josh Riedel’s Please Report Your Bug Here. This book is a trip down the spiral slide in the playground of the tech world of Silicon Valley. With the help of his new hire, Noma, he finds the Founder, the Company and Noma herself, are all hiding secrets to a deeper world than on-line dating.

Ethan is tasked to solve a technical mystery that takes him to the far reaches of science fiction where he must find a place that doesn’t exist. Hang on to your hat with this one. You won’t need a bookmark as, if you’re like me, you won’t be able to put it down.

Thank you #NetGalley #PleaseReportYourBugHere #SiliconValleyTechnoThriller

Silicon Valley millennial malaise meets science fiction. This book was a blast - I'm excited to see what else this author has in store.

Please Report Your Bug Here by Josh Riedel‘s

Publication Date: January 23,2023

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If you’re a fan of Red Rising, and SciFi this is the novel for you! The main character Ethan Block is a recent college graduate working for a tech start up that developed a dating app. Slowly reality starts the fall apart and your caught in glitch- or is it one? This thrilling novel reminds me of a silicone valley retelling of Alice and Wonderland! Overall this was a one day read for me and I highly recommend it!

Incredibly interesting science fiction book about dating and technology. I really enjoyed the story and I like the main character a lot. This is a very original plot and I was really interested in finding out what happened.