DOT COMPLICATED Untangling Our Wired Lives

Mark Zuckerberg's sister, Randi, recounts her experiences with Facebook and beyond while also trying to dish out advice on how to manage one's identity in a world that bridges analog and digital domains. As narrator, Zuckerberg proves a complicated choice. Her exuberance is evident in every sentence, and many are delivered with seeming exclamation points. But this high-energy and bubbly delivery quickly wears on the listener as so much of what is being discussed is anything but exciting. She often tries too hard to enunciate every word, an effort that also wears on the listener. These weaknesses can make her advice sound condescending or irrelevant. L.E. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine [Published: DECEMBER 2013]