Attachments (2011) (Orion Books)Rainbow Rowell
Grade: B+
Genre: fiction
Source: own
General RBC 2015: The first book by a favourite author
The year is 1999 and the Internet
is still in its earliest stages. Lincoln has just started a new job at the
offices of a local newspaper, enforcing the office’s new IT policy which
entails reading emails flagged by the system. He’s quickly drawn into the lives
of repeat offenders, Beth and Jennifer who email back and forth about their
love lives and family troubles. At first, their emails offer a welcome
distraction from the monotony of the night shift but before he knows it, he
finds himself falling for one of them and it’s too late to issue a warning without
revealing that he’s been reading their emails all along. Does love before first
sight exist?
