Audible Audio Edition
Listening Length: 6 hours and 47 minutes
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Unabridged
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Audible.com Release Date: February 10, 2015
Language: English
ASIN: B00TGHUA6W
Best Sellers Rank: #15 in Books > Teens > Literature & Fiction > Social & Family Issues > Peer Pressure #62 in Books > Teens > Literature & Fiction > TV, Movie, Video Game Adaptations #76 in Books > Teens > Literature & Fiction > Social & Family Issues > New Experiences
***If you have teenage children you need to read this book, your teens need to read this book, and you need to talk about it.***I normally read for entertainment purposes. I don't look for underlying social commentary. This book could easily be reality in 2 to 5 years.Vee is a normal shy teen that takes backstage to her theater star best friend Syd. When she tries to get the attention of a boy she enters a game called NERVE. The idea is you do silly dares to get prizes, the dare is broadcast over the internet and "watchers" vote on if they like you. The more watchers like you, the more dares you are offered and the more prizes you win.The dares start small and silly, with a pair of boots as a prize. The prizes get bigger as the dares get more extreme and more dangerous. All these dares lead up to one live event that is designed to torture the player and dangle life changing prizes in front of their nose.I sat with a nervous pit in my stomach for the entire book, experiencing either teenage angst through Vee's eyes or the fear of the dare. You clearly see how one can see something small and rationalize how the next dare isn't that bad because it is a tiny bit more than the last.The company that runs NERVE knows EVERYTHING about the players. Things that they post on their ThisIsMe page, which is like Facebook, NERVE knows. Every time Vee went to a shopping site and liked or wished for an item, NERVE knows. It is just like what we do at , or when we go to the grocery store and they scan our "member" card. All that information is on computers. NERVE has access to any and all information that is on computers, including Vee's psychiatric records. The company that runs NERVE is a "ghost" corporation.
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