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    Chaos on CatNet: Sequel to Catfishing on CatNet
    Chaos on CatNet: Sequel to Catfishing on CatNet
    Chaos on CatNet: Sequel to Catfishing on CatNet
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    Chaos on CatNet: Sequel to Catfishing on CatNet

    By Naomi Kritzer

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    LODESTAR AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK

    “Chaos on CatNet is deliciously readable, fully as fast-paced and heartfelt as its predecessor.”    — New York Times

    “This book is perfect.”— New York Times Book Review on Catfishing on CatNet

    It takes an AI to catch an AI in Chaos on CatNet, the follow-up to Naomi Kritzer's award-winning near future YA thriller.

    When a mysterious entity starts hacking into social networks and chat rooms to instigate paranoia and violence in the real world, it’s up to Steph and her new friend, Nell, to find a way to stop it—with the help of their benevolent AI friend, CheshireCat.

    Praise for Catfishing on CatNet

    A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice/Staff Pick
    A Kirkus Reviews Best Book
    A Junior Library Guild Selection
    An Edgar Award Winner for Best Young Adult Novel
    A Minnesota Book Award Winner for Best Young Adult Novel
    An Andre Norton Nebula Award Finalist
    An ITW Thriller Award for Best YA Novel Nominee
    A Lodestar Award Winner for Best Young Adult Book
    Midwest Connections Pick (Midwest Independent Booksellers Association)

    “A first-rate YA novel.”—Locus Magazine

    “Positive, realistic LGBTQIA+ representation—especially nonbinary identities. Wickedly funny and thrilling in turns; perfect for readers coming-of-age online.”—Kirkus (starred review)

    At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateApr 27, 2021
    ISBN9781250165206
    Chaos on CatNet: Sequel to Catfishing on CatNet
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    Naomi Kritzer

    NAOMI KRITZER has been making friends online since her teens, when she had to use a modem to dial up at 2400 baud. She is a writer and blogger who has published a number of short stories and novels for adults, including the Eliana's Song duology and the Dead Rivers Trilogy. Her 2015 short story “Cat Pictures Please” won the Hugo Award and Locus Award and was a finalist for the Nebula. Naomi lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, with her family and four cats. The number of cats is subject to change without notice.

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    • 5/5
      I loved this book! All my favorite characters from the previous book return (including a bunch of teenagers who really sound like teenagers), and we also get some new characters who've had very different life experiences. The plot is compelling and the resolution is satisfying. While the premise sounds like it could go in a simplistic "technology is bad!" direction, the actual story is much smarter than that. I also liked the detailed depiction of the Twin Cities, which had a strong sense of place even though I've never been there, and the author's choice of how to imagine the future of Minneapolis.
    • 4/5
      This book in the series really ramps up the potential damage inflicted upon society, by its own people through coordinated misinformation. Where in the first book, Cheshire Cat the A.I. that helps Steph, does this completely on its own. The A.I Boom Storm has no free will, instead the person it thinks created it has through software compelled it to act it as a supercharged assistant to bring about an apocalypse. Again I'm really happy with the way that Kritzer has taken to view A.I. as not inherently good or evil.

      Another thing that I enjoy in the book is an alternative view to how cities might be better policed.
    • 3/5
      When Steph and her new schoolmate Nell are encouraged to join a social media app, Steph becomes suspicious about how much the app may be monitoring her, while Nell notices similarities to an app used by members of a cult.As a near-future story about social media apps and AIs, this was tense and really interesting! And I enjoyed seeing more of Steph’s uncomplicated friendship with the AI CheshireCat.But there’s not a lot of depth to the relationships. There’s just not enough room for it, with three POV characters and Nell’s situation being so complicated. (Her mother brought her up in a religious cult but she’s gone missing and Nell has moved in with her father, who lives in a polyamorous (and non-religious) household, and she trying to find a way to keep in contact with her girlfriend).Objectively, I don’t think it matters -- this is a successful story without exploring some of the characters’ relationships in greater depth, but nevertheless, my personal preference is for more depth.
    • 5/5
      Steph and her mother are no longer on the run. Steph's father is locked up in Boston, awaiting trial with no bail. They're living in Minneapolis, and Steph is finally enrolled in a high school she can expect to graduate from. She's enrolled under her real name, with all the school information that she has, and telling the truth about why it's so spotty.She also has a new friend, a classmate named Nell, who has her own interesting history. She's been homeschooled until now, because her mother joined a cult. Well, a series of cults, but the latest one is especially extreme, and is run by someone called the Elder, whom no one ever sees. Nell's grandparents, devout Christians but not cult members, have allowed Nell and her mother to live with them--until Nell's mother disappears, and abandons her car not far away. When the police conclude she disappeared under her own power, Nell's grandmother concludes that maybe Nell is better off with her father, even though her father isn't exactly grandmother's idea of a great Christian.To be clear about that last, her father has a wife, and both he and his wife have girlfriends, and they all live together in a large house in Minneapolis. At first we have only Nell's impression of them, and Nell doesn't know what to make of them, beyond being rather judgmental about their lax attitude towards household chores.Nell and Steph get invited into a new social media site called Mischief Elves, and Nell invites Steph to join a social network popular with cult members--the Catacombs. It's not long before Steph starts to notice some creepy and disturbing aspects of both sites, and even more disturbing resemblances between them.The pranks the Mischief Elves organize get more and more dangerous. The Catacombs is also organizing strange activities that don't seem to fit.Then they discover the Mischief Elves are organizing supplies of explosives and potential weapons for the Catacombs people to collect. Meanwhile, CheshireCat has been receiving messages from what he thinks is another AI like himself, which he hasn't responded to because he doesn't trust its approach.What's going on? And will Minneapolis survive?It's twisty and interesting and a lot of fun Recommended.I bought this audiobook.
    • 4/5
      I received this YA book from the publisher via NetGalley.I read the first CatNet book as part of the Norton Award finalist packet last year. It gripped me from the start with its relatable young heroine Steph and fantastic hook: a teenage girl who has spent her life with her mom on the run from her abusive dad relies on an internet chat room for support--and when her dad finds her, discovers one of her dear online friends is a sentient AI (who happens to love cat pictures), and really relies on them to survive. The sequel starts out slower as the stakes aren't quite as high. Steph's dad is in prison. Her mom is trying to make a normal life for them in Minneapolis. When Steph starts at a new school, she finds the kids are really into new phone games that ask them to complete tasks in real life--tasks that weirdly match the kids own lives and environments. Even her new friend Nell, recently moved in with her dad after leaving a cult, plays a Christian type of phone game. Steph and her AI friend soon suspect that these aren't mere games. Another AI may be involved, and this one isn't content to just stare at cat pictures.Even though the pace was slower, the circumstances were still intriguing, and the tension does escalate. I zoomed through the book in all of two days. A few trigger warnings: the book does address abusive family and extremist religious sects, but the book is also about hope and support. Really, the importance of found family is a prevalent theme. At one point, the teenagers need a refuge, and they go to a house with a rainbow flag, and get just the support they need. Beyond the characters, the book brings up intriguing near-future science fiction questions about sentience, AI, the power that phones have over our lives, and even what the future of policing may look life. Good subjects are everyone to ponder these days.
    • 3/5
      The sentient AI who befriended a group of youngsters is back, but has competition from another AI who seems to be raising an army for unclear purposes. Kritzer imagines a completely altered Minneapolis police force focused on helping people more than hurting them, but that isn’t enough to stop the AI. If you liked the first one, you will probably like the second.

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