Kill the Feed is one of those books that sucked me in from the very first page and hasn't let me go since. It's got all the hallmarks of a great novel.It reminds me of Orwell's 1984 and the Person of Interest series.

As far as pace goes, I thought it was absolutely perfect. This one delivers. If you value smart dystopian fiction, fyi I read it in one sitting so that's a plus point. This is well worth your time

A tale very cleverly played out by a handful of characters who recall certain situations to bring the bigger picture in to view. Each tells their side of the story, illustrating how the same evidence can be construed in many ways.

A Tale of Two Cities updated for the modern world is an apt description. This is definitely a novel for our times.

A must read.

The premise of Kill the Feed really drew me in. A modern reimagining of A Tale of Two Cities set against social media, surveillance, and the way information can be manipulated feels especially relevant and thought-provoking.

What I enjoyed most was the prose. It’s poetic and observant, with so many lines that made me pause and highlight them. One that stood out was: “He sang badly on purpose because it made my mother laugh, and her laugh was the house’s weather.”

Another that stuck with me was: “The war did not arrive. That is what people cannot understand who were not there — they imagine an arrival, a date, a door blown open. It accumulated.”

I loved how the writing moves between sharp commentary on the world we live in and small, deeply human moments of love, grief, and hope. The story unfolds through different characters’ perspectives, each adding another layer to the bigger picture. An intriguing read with beautiful writing and a premise that stays with you.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

The first couple of chapters of this novel are quite interesting and held my attention. Then the story goes off to other characters and here lies the problem: the tone of the writing shifts, becoming more and more unintelligible until it all turns to a mish-mash of pseudo=scentific terms in an avalanche of redundant phraseology until the writing turns to gibberish. This book needed a good editor in the worst way. Or maybe even that wouldn't have helped. A waste of time. 1/2 star.

After reading this I went back and read A Tale of Two Cities and I think that Chahal served the original concept really well, bringing the ideas into the 21st century with an ominous sense of doom. The writing style is engaging and well paced and is not overly reliant on its characters to keep you engaged. A really interesting approach which works well.

This book was a modern re-telling of the literary classic 'A Tale of Two Cities'. The premise was interesting, and at times I did feel like the novel was resembling real-life. It was easy at times to think this is a 'true' story. I did like the many POVs and the explanation at the end demonstrating the parallels between this novel and the original.

However, I felt the pacing was too slow. At times, I also felt that there was ambiguity and vagueness throughout the storyline. I felt that the syntax made for some slightly confusing sentences at times.

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Thank you to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for this ARC.