Andy Bellows represents us, the generation addicted to technology. We, who spend so much of our time facing a screen, be it for work or leisure. Us, whose kids are adept at opening YouTube, skipping ads, and watching Peppa Pig. Just like Andy had a multitude of apps, I am guilty of once having an app to record the number of glasses of water I drank. I basically needed an app to tell me to drink water, such was life.

Even before I read this book, I toned down my addiction by uninstalling Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Opening their web interfaces in Chrome is a pain in the backside and that prevented me from accessing them very often. I wasn't on a digital detox but I aimed to reduce the time I spent with technology. While reading Logging Off, I was surprised by the way I could connect to Andy. Though you might not have had a locked jaw or have needed to take a painful shit, most of us suffer from neck pain, back pain, eye strain all due to our prolonged usage of technology.

So Andy attempts the digital detox and it's as if he's bad luck personified, he ends up in such ridiculous situations that it's hilarious. His friend Fergus captures the detox tales in his newspaper and Grace, a cafe owner facing her own addiction issues joins Andy on the detox.

Throughout this, Andy often feels disconnected and lost despite having had great benefits from a detox. Ultimately it's about striking a balance between your online and offline lives. Choose to have the best of both worlds. Like Andy says, logging off must be done every day.

I've never read a book that's was categorized as Humour so that's a first. Even then, every time Andy would curse people who had their phones on them, it made me think back on how dependant I am on technology. It's a bit unsettling, to be honest. But let us all take away from this to strike a balance in our lives.

Thank you to NetGalley and Amazon Publishing for providing me an Advanced Reader Copy. I thoroughly enjoyed it!