Deleted by Ruth Mitchell – Review by Angela Montoya
Deleted by Ruth Mitchell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
EVERYTHING YOU BUY, EVERY CALL YOU MAKE, EVERY WEBSITE YOU LOOK AT-THERE’S A RECORD OF IT…WE’VE TRADED PRIVACY FOR CONVENIENCE
Deleted is such an exciting read of determination and personal convictions. Author Ruth Mitchell takes you on a journey full of fear, angst, moral dilemmas, and the all-consuming wonder of “what if’s.” You could debate for days over the choices and decisions Lucy and even Nick make at every turn, which gives life to the knowledge that there will be an equal amount of readers turned off by their actions as there will be sympathizers. But that is precisely what made this book, so fun and intriguing to keep turning the pages. How easy would it be to not stick to your beliefs when the world is out to destroy you. How fast would your convictions crumble while lying cold in a ditch, and nobody even remembers your name? Throughout the entire book, I kept getting flashes of what it felt like watching “The Net” in the ’90s, wanting to believe it was a work of total fiction, but knowing it was only too close to the truth that nobody wanted to acknowledge. The only question remaining is WWSBD (What would Sandra Bullock do) or, in this case, Lucy? Survive! Even when you’re Deleted
