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A review by maryehavens
Easy Prey by Catherine Lo
3.0
More like 3.5 stars because I think it's very important that tweens and teens (well, everyone really) understand the gravity of posting pictures and sharing intimate moments freely. At least once we've had issues at my library of students potentially being charged with child pornography for accessing, distributing, and owning nude pictures of their peers. It's super serious and gets law enforcement on multiple levels, including Federal. So....don't do it.
I liked the twist at the end - I started seeing some of it form in about the last hours of listening. The group's dislike for Miss Bailey was a bit ....unnerving. I get the whole "teachers are lame" kind of rhetoric but being one of those teachers/staff members, I don't want to hear it. As much as I don't care if they think I'm lame, I also don't want to hear such cruel remarks in general. It's childish for students to view their teachers/staff as such because they really have no idea. I'm sure we've all been there but I hope we/they don't have to hear it. It made me sad to hear the students in the book talk that way.
If you are interested in Internet privacy and the pitfalls of revenge porn/softcore porn, this book satisfies that. I think it would be an interesting book to discuss but I would have a hard time discussing the teacher aspect of it.
I liked the twist at the end - I started seeing some of it form in about the last hours of listening. The group's dislike for Miss Bailey was a bit ....unnerving. I get the whole "teachers are lame" kind of rhetoric but being one of those teachers/staff members, I don't want to hear it. As much as I don't care if they think I'm lame, I also don't want to hear such cruel remarks in general. It's childish for students to view their teachers/staff as such because they really have no idea. I'm sure we've all been there but I hope we/they don't have to hear it. It made me sad to hear the students in the book talk that way.
If you are interested in Internet privacy and the pitfalls of revenge porn/softcore porn, this book satisfies that. I think it would be an interesting book to discuss but I would have a hard time discussing the teacher aspect of it.