Very interesting series! I think this is marketed to Young Adults, the packaging is kind of cheap, parts of the story may be hard to swallow, but overall the author did a great job. She really did a lot of research into science, bar codes, politics, social science, and...more. (I even got on the internet to do some light research on points and names she brings up, i.e. her Global 1 vs. the real world GS1.--something like that.) There are Biblical allusions, and the story's pro-Bar Code movement seems very much like a fanatical religious movement. The book made me think about the countless fads we jump into with a passion and no questions and the liberties that we take for granted in, at least, the U.S.A.
I took me a little while to get into the first book, but then I plowed through the book and the sequel. Worth a read, but be ready to think!
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