Attachments

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Attachments

Rainbow Rowell

Dutton: 2011, 323 pages

Reviewed by Jessie Park

Set in Nebraska towards the end of 1999 (think Y2K paranoia), Lincoln's job title is "Internet Security Officer" and he was expecting it to be awesome, like he would be defending the company by building firewalls and catching hackers.  What he actually does is read the work emails and monitors them for any of the red flag notices: inappropriate jokes, words, etc.  He knows that he should tell Beth and Jennifer that their constant emails are in violation of company policy but he doesn't and just keeps letting it go on.  Even though he knows it's creepy, he likes reading about what's happening in their lives and the job's so boring that their emails are often the highlight of his night.  But then he realizes that he's falling for Beth, even though he's never met her.  He wants to talk to her but how?  What will he say?  This is Rowell's first novel and it's endearing but not in an overly sentimental way.