I really liked this book which is weird because when I read it, I was still reading all teen romance novels and nothing else. One day, on a whim I picked it up and realized how awesome books can be even without it being mainly about two people falling in love. Books like this are the reason why, if you don't usually read, you should step out of your comfort zone and try something new.

How very "ironic" that a book like this is written by someone like Doctorow, a complete fraud and farce who censors his web site (boingboing.net) in order to keep it as vanilla as possible, that is, as commercially viable and therefore content-free.

"Following a terrorist attack on San Francisco, the overzealous Department of Homeland Security takes control of the city, restricting civil liberties and harshly interrogating innocent people - including techno-geek Marcus, who is swept up in a random raid. After he's finally released, Marcus becomes the driving force behind a group of teens who are determined to fight the oppressive system. Fans of dystopian fiction, particularly when it involves overthrowing tyrannical regimes, are sure to enjoy this exciting and thought-provoking story, which continues in the sequel Homeland." April 2013 Teen Scene newsletter http://www.nextreads.com/Display2.aspx?SID=5acc8fc1-4e91-4ebe-906d-f8fc5e82a8e0&N=618274

For my lenghthy comment on Inland Security go to the Audio CD of this book. All of this CAN legally happen in the US. Probably also Canada. P.S. I'm more than twice thirty but that does not mean that I automatically believe the government, any government.

Don't trust what anyone over 30 has to say about this book!

I personally loved the story. I had some backround info about most of the references he used,and the story was great. Cory Doctorow really knows how to make interesting scenarios and the characters were believable. The question it present made readers think and aprreciate what it really meant to have freedom. The only downside was that the pacing slowed down after the vampbomb incident, and form there it dragged a little to me. Also the newspaper reporter, Barbra Standford felt just added on randomley, even though she technically had a key role to the plot

I was looking forward to reading this book, but it was a disappointing read. I found that there was way too much description which made it dull. Also, the main character was a bit unappealing, which did not help my overall impression of the book

I was a little apprehensive when I read the first chapter. I had to Google what Larping and RIF tags were. Then I was like, "I've entered an IT nerd's world. Do I want to go down this path?" But then the main character nuked a tracking device inside a school book, in the teachers lounge, and walked with a gate to trick some kind of walk-recognizing cameras to escape school unnoticed. Then I was like, "Cool, I might need these kinds of tips for the future. Just in case the US really does become a Fascist country and I'm escaping." The story line was awesome. I could really believe a teenage computer- genius could start a revolution by doing what journalists should be doing now: risking their lives to expose government suppression tactics, via taking over the internet temporarily.This book actually made me appreciate the ingenuity computers have, not just to restrict a nation but to ratify them. If the state of California or the US ever fell to a state of socialism, i'd absolutely see this story playing out. You really become absorbed in this book and take the place of the main character as he runs from the authorities. I loved this book, though I am not too tech savvy.

I enjoyed this book a fair bit, having read it a couple years ago. I would recommend this book for sure.

I loved the book. Very interesting and unique from other books I've read.