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Alan Hollinghurst recommended What Maisie Knew in Books (curated)

 
What Maisie Knew
What Maisie Knew
Henry James | 2008 | Fiction & Poetry
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"A brilliant social comedy seen wholly from a child's point of view, this is a dazzling technical feat that as always with Henry James deepens as it develops, like the life of the child herself. An exhilarating prelude to the great novels of his famous late phase."

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    Machuca (2004)

    Machuca (2004)

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    Two 12-year-old Chilean children from different social classes become friends in 1973. They both...

The Circle (2017)
The Circle (2017)
2017 | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
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Good premise...bad ending.
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I really hate when the movie is good and entertaining and then they just RUIN the ending! That's what this movie did. The whole point that they are making is that this social media platform is taking over people's lives and not being as helpful as they were intended and need to be stopped. But in the end, she shows the world that the leaders of the company have secrets and then SHE becomes the leader...making the social media platform bigger and more intrusive.
In my opinion, it is almost more satirical in making a comparison to a modern day "big brother"