Imagine a world where the readout on a little computer screen can tell you everything you need to leave a satisfied, happy life. In a culture surrounded by quick fixes and get rich quick schemes, it doesn't seem so far fetched that a society would be drawn to something like the Apricity machine in the novel. But is it to good to be true?

I always used to think I hated sci-fi and speculative fiction, but I'm finding that perhaps it isn't the genre the puts me off, but rather the focus. Though the technology is literally at the center of this novel, it certainly doesn't feel that way. It is thoughtful and character-driven, even through the various narrators we cycle through during the story.