Author : Nury Vittachi
What is it about : Eric The Teenage Nerd accidentally loaded his brains onto a military-grade computer via his PC from home. His only friend Min, tried her best to save him by beating the countdown of the start of a massive world-wide computer virus attack, that would, emm, REALLY kill Eric.
Some thoughts after having read the book : I had read on numerous occasions this Author's contributions to Asian Newspapers columns and I found him to be witty and to-the-point about daily hot topics, mainly dealing with current affairs. Within perhaps the space of one thousand words in these newspapers columns, this Author could really excel with that quick killer punchline. However, writing a short novel of this length was, in my mind, pushing his capabilities. Horses for courses really, think athletes who could be good at 100M and 200M, others good at hurdles, and still others specialize at marathons, but seldom you would meet an athlete winning at short put as well as the steeple chases.
Would I recommend this book to you : Read for a quick fun ride and re-live those teenagers' days.
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