Reviews

Washington Post Review: by Lisa Zeidner

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/book-review-the-end-of-absence-whats-lost-in-a-connected-world-by-michael-harris/2014/08/15/8ff0721c-05e7-11e4-bbf1-cc51275e7f8f_story.html

This review was overall positive. She liked how Harris involved factual information along with personal stories to get his point across. Along with this she agrees that we are approaching the end of absence but she wasn’t to keen about the part where he went without Internet for a month.

National Post Review: by Shannon Tien

http://arts.nationalpost.com/2014/08/15/the-end-of-absence-by-michael-harris-review/

This review was also overall positive. She really liked that Harris provided a dozen or so of his own absence experiences. This is a way for him relate to his audience but then push the question back on his readers asking us “how will you live?” Similar to the first review, she is a little put off by the fact that Harris separates himself from his readers by the fact that he went 31 days without the Internet.

The Wall Street Journal: by Jessica Kasmer-Jacobs

http://www.wsj.com/articles/book-review-the-end-of-absence-by-michael-harris-1407368698

This review seems a lot less positive then the other two but more so neutral then negative. It simply states what Harris talked about in his book and the information he used. The writing style is very clear cut and no praise is given.