A review by snchard
The Hive by Barry Lyga, Morgan Baden

3.0

This was cool in the same way MT Anderson's Feed was cool-- in a terrifyingly prescient sort of way. I didn't want it to be so easy to suspend my disbelief, but IRL Twitter mobs are definitely a thing I could see happening for real. Cassie was an entirely decent character, even if she did the teenage thing where she adores one parent and can't stand the other. Supporting characters were a bit bland, but this was basically a sci-fi action film so I did not mind the lack of development. I could see this plot as a sort of classroom teaching tool about the dangers of mob mentality and social media, but teens might need a push to really put it together and apply to their own lives.