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Girl Gone Viral
by Arvin Ahmadi
Full review on: Flipping Through the Pages
**What worked:
1. PROMISING AND INTERESTING PLOT
The blurb of this book is highly promising and I am glad that this book turned out to be good as well in terms of the plot. This story is about Opal Hopper, a senior at PASSAT, who becomes a viral sensation overnight, with her friends, after taking part in WAVE’s (a VR platform) contest, Make-A-Splash. Opal hopes to win the contest so that she can meet Howie, founder of WAVE and can finally know the truth about her father’s disappearance.
This plot definitely keeps the reader hooked to the end, especially the mystery behind Opal’s fathers’ disappearance. Also, it was interesting to see how Opal and her friends were viral sensations overnight and how they handled it. We get to see a glimpse of the life of celebrities, how it must have been for them to be in all this limelight.
2. STRONG MAIN CHARACTER AND INTERESTING FRIENDSHIPS
I loved Opal Hopper so much. She was full of flaws, as a real-life person. She was bold but fearful, manipulative but caring, moody and yet fun. She was like most of the teenagers. When she went viral, she was actually happy to see all the starlight that she was into. The trio of Opal, Moyo and Shane was amazing. I loved reading about their friendship and to see the ups and downs.
3. SCARY REALITY OF INTERNET AND DIGITAL WORLD
It was really scary to read about a future that Arvin created. But the thing is, I can actually see that happening in the near future? The world will be a slave to technology. I can see how privacy will no longer remain valuable. People would be able to do all the real-life things through VR and digital technologies. Emotions will have no more place. Ahh, thinking all this is really scary. Arvin has left the discussion open that if all this technology is boon or curse.
**What didn’t work:
1. RUSHED ENDING
I felt that the ending was little rushed? The way the truth about Opal’s father was revealed was quite sudden. I wish it was handled more perfectly.
2. LOOSE POLITICAL ASPECT
There was also a political aspect of the story. There was a group of Luds who were opposed to all these technologies and how they were taking over the world. They wanted to go back to the basics, return the jobs to humans that machines took over. It would have been good to see more elaboration on that aspect too.
**FINAL THOUGHTS
Overall I really enjoyed this book. Basically, this book is about friendship, relationships, empathy, technology, fame, moving forward and finding the truth. I loved the plot of the story as well as the characters. The pace of the story was perfect. Though I wasn’t impressed by the ending, this book was really interesting and I would definitely recommend this to all the sci-fi lovers.
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"Humans are experts in sharing. It started with cave paintings and evolved into books, tweets, virtual reality – who knows what’s next. But the pieces of ourselves that we share are just that. Pieces.”
**What worked:
1. PROMISING AND INTERESTING PLOT
The blurb of this book is highly promising and I am glad that this book turned out to be good as well in terms of the plot. This story is about Opal Hopper, a senior at PASSAT, who becomes a viral sensation overnight, with her friends, after taking part in WAVE’s (a VR platform) contest, Make-A-Splash. Opal hopes to win the contest so that she can meet Howie, founder of WAVE and can finally know the truth about her father’s disappearance.
This plot definitely keeps the reader hooked to the end, especially the mystery behind Opal’s fathers’ disappearance. Also, it was interesting to see how Opal and her friends were viral sensations overnight and how they handled it. We get to see a glimpse of the life of celebrities, how it must have been for them to be in all this limelight.
2. STRONG MAIN CHARACTER AND INTERESTING FRIENDSHIPS
I loved Opal Hopper so much. She was full of flaws, as a real-life person. She was bold but fearful, manipulative but caring, moody and yet fun. She was like most of the teenagers. When she went viral, she was actually happy to see all the starlight that she was into. The trio of Opal, Moyo and Shane was amazing. I loved reading about their friendship and to see the ups and downs.
3. SCARY REALITY OF INTERNET AND DIGITAL WORLD
It was really scary to read about a future that Arvin created. But the thing is, I can actually see that happening in the near future? The world will be a slave to technology. I can see how privacy will no longer remain valuable. People would be able to do all the real-life things through VR and digital technologies. Emotions will have no more place. Ahh, thinking all this is really scary. Arvin has left the discussion open that if all this technology is boon or curse.
**What didn’t work:
1. RUSHED ENDING
I felt that the ending was little rushed? The way the truth about Opal’s father was revealed was quite sudden. I wish it was handled more perfectly.
2. LOOSE POLITICAL ASPECT
There was also a political aspect of the story. There was a group of Luds who were opposed to all these technologies and how they were taking over the world. They wanted to go back to the basics, return the jobs to humans that machines took over. It would have been good to see more elaboration on that aspect too.
**FINAL THOUGHTS
Overall I really enjoyed this book. Basically, this book is about friendship, relationships, empathy, technology, fame, moving forward and finding the truth. I loved the plot of the story as well as the characters. The pace of the story was perfect. Though I wasn’t impressed by the ending, this book was really interesting and I would definitely recommend this to all the sci-fi lovers.
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