The Start - Up by: Sadie Hayes (Review)

Title: The Start - Up

Author: Sadie Hayes

Number of Pages: 90

Date of Release:  October 17^th, 2011

Summary From Goodreads:

When a college freshman's breakthrough software program catapults her into the limelight, she and her twin brother must navigate a treacherous world of money, power, and envy: Silicon Valley.

In a world of tweets, apps, and mobile games, The Start-Up is a fast-paced and exciting serial story with a new episode released each month.

Review:  I think there is something magical about the world Sadie Hayes has created in her first novel. I don’t really ever read realistic fiction, because I can’t get into it, because the personalities of the characters I can never connect to. With The Start -  Up I loved every minute and flip of the page.

I really love programming and coding so Amelia was my favorite of the twins. Her whole concept of writing a code for an iphone app, that was super complicated and worth millions, but wanting none of the money, really hit me. The moral standards she kept and wanting not to be tainted by the evils of Silicon Valley was very interesting to read about.

Her twin brother Adam is like the polar opposite of Amelia. He doesn’t like being looked down on as a scholarship student at Stanford, and will do anything and I mean literally anything to show them he is worth their attention. It was kinda sad to read about him, but the reality is that is a very natural human instinct and can be seen almost anywhere.

Then Sadie throws in the complicated romantic elements, and like wolla I was hooked. Its not one of these elements she puts together that makes the book a good read its all of them. This book is kind of like gossip girl, but without so many of the annoying rich snobs. I definitely recommend this novel!!