An amazing book about government taken too far. To Bibliophile: Just because a book has some mature content in it, doesn't mean its bad. The Godfather is the greatest movie of all time, but that has sex, violence, and language.

Languages such as "s--t", "crap", etc, some well-described violent scenes, and mentions of "gang kids". Very realistic.

I loved this book it was hard to put it down I would encourage all people 12+ to read it........and im 44 years old

This book is a fascinating look at the world of technology. The book is set in modern America, but the DHS has taken over. People's rights are being compromised for "the good of the republic." A group of teens use technology to regain their freedom. There is some bad language, several violent or scary scenes, and some sexual content. The complicated plot of the book and some of the more mature references make this a better bet for teens 15+.

Some of you guys think that you have to repeat what has just been said in the review about the violence, language, etc..., but you don't. Readers want to know what made you like/dislike the book, not tell them AGAIN what violence and stuff is in it. As for Little Brother, it is the best book that I've ever read, and Cory Doctorow is the only gateway that my generation has to surviving the future.

This book is amazing. It is similar to 1984, but is very believable and scary. There is some inappropriate stuff: I don't remember many swear words, but I usually don't. There is a lot of sexual content, including a sex scene, but any American teenager has seen much worse. There is some violence, including a graphic scene of torture and some people being trampled to death. These things, though they are certainly inappropriate for a young child, are all very important to the story, and are nothing an intelligent teenager can't handle

Having read the book, I'm afraid that I must say I disliked this one. Just to get this out of the way, I thought the sex scene was entirely inappropriate! It seemed like an awkward attempt at telling teens to "go ahead and do what they want so long as they use protection". It was poorly thrust in there. That aside, I did appreciate that the author advocated open source technology and hacking (for a good cause). Many fail to realize the true implications of hacking things, like, for example, an Xbox/Wii/PS2/Whathaveyou. If you 'hack' a console, you have the ability to run your own programs/games on it that you create. There's entire communities online dedicated to what's known as 'homebrew', making games for consoles independently. The book mentions a new form of Xbox (albeit a nonexistent one) used by the protagonist for homebrew, and later, as a tool for social reform. There is a darker side to hacking, referred to as 'cracking', but that's a different kettle of fish, and usually involves things like stealing credit card numbers or embezzling cash, etc. The book also seems to reflect the author's view of marijuana, which I (and most people in their right minds) disagree with. All in all, an interesting book, but in all honesty there's better ways to introduce your kids to open source technology. I wrote a review here: thestuffiread.blogspot*/2009/08/little-brother.html

I finished this book about a month ago (finished it in a week) and it's probably one of my favorite books I've read--ever. But there is a lot of swearing (someone who was being nosy and looked at it said that it was "disgusting" because it contained swearing) in it, and some sexual references. Aside from that, it was good.