This was advertised as a big, sweeping book that made grand, profound statements about the current state of the world. As far as I can tell, it's not that, but I also don't plan on sticking with it any longer in order to find out for sure.

First of all, if I wanted to know this much about World of Warcraft I would actually play the game. and anyone who has played it will probably find all the explanation of the game's minutiae maddening. Second, I get that Lan wants to keep tabs on her family from the afterlife but does that have to include spying on her grandson having sex with his girlfriend?? That was a really odd and unnecessary choice.

And finally, we get to the book's purported inciting incident, where Lan's granddaughter posts an allegedly earth-shaking, society-upending tweet... and the tweet is stating an opinion regarding consent and entertainment content that really seems completely normal and non-controversial, and in the real world would probably make the rounds before being more or less forgotten. as everyone moved on with their lives. A DNF as I just couldn't buy into what this book was selling as it's "deep and meaningful" message.