Reviews - The Darkest Web: Drugs, Death and Destroyed Lives . . . the Inside Story of the Internet's Evil Twin

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The Darkest Web: Drugs, Death and Destroyed Lives . . . the Inside Story of the Internet's Evil Twin

I was disappointed to find that most of the information regarding Besa Mafia had also been used & recycled from one of Eileen’s more recent novels: Murder On The Dark Web. There is almost no reason to read both novels. I had to skip through some pages as the same passages were in the newer novel that I had already read. I presume I’ll run into the same problem when I read her novel Silk Road. While Eileen’s previous novels included just the right amount of information to keep you hooked, this one simply had too much and felt like it dragged on a bit. What I did enjoy about this one was reading the interactions between Yura of Besa Mafia and Eileen. Yura was kind of fucking hilarious. What an idiot.
The only aspect of this novel that was truly new to me was the third part. Not the dark or the darker, but the darkest. Snuff films, red rooms and hurtcore. At first, I was bummed to see that this portion of the book was just a tiny sliver. But of course, I read on, and I discovered I probably wouldn’t have been able to read much more. I now understand why it was so short. It was largely about child pornography and exploitation, and it was horrifying.

jendn's review against another edition

4.0

This book turns the Dark Web into a page-turner and complex, sordid issues involving many players into a focused narrative you can easily follow. The chapter on Silk Road and the corruption of its founder is fascinating, the hitman chapter is expertly researched and focused, but I will admit to skimming through the grottier parts of the darkest section. Otherwise well worth reading.

_wastelandbaby's review against another edition

5.0

The author is my personal hero. The amount of research that went into this book (not only from darknet but also Amy's story) is unbelievable. The darkest part was very hard to read so I can only imagine how hard was writing it. I rarely read non-fiction books but this one will stay with me for a long time.

corbinwilde's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense

veganellewoods's review against another edition

5.0

Well DAMN.

annoeing's review against another edition

5.0

Ok so obviously it's a super in depth and well researched book about the dark web and the lots of illegal stuff that goes on there. I think what's good about the book is that alot of the times you're reading and it's like telling a story of all this creepy and immoral stuff going on and then you remember holy moly this book is non-fiction like this stuff is real and probably still happening this very moment and really weird and concerning people so exist in abundance.