Blink is a social network wherein everybody carries around a small, sometimes unnoticeable camera that live streams their entire lives to anybody who wishes to take a peek. Our protagonist, the girl with the cat (aka Zoey), finds herself in a world of wealth she’s never experienced before, being hunted by other equally absolutely mad and sadistic killers, unable to escape anyone’s eyes as the chain of events that takes over Zoey’s life is being broadcast to the world 24-7 thanks to Blink. And no, that isn’t a typo- the place actually has a dollar sign in its name.
Of course, it doesn’t work out, but it does lead to a dramatic car chase, which in turn brings us to the book’s main setting: Tabula Ra$a. He’s recently had surgery- a surgery to have his jaw and teeth turned to titanium, which he plans to use to rip apart the girl before streaming the video of her horrible death to millions of people. Who’s filming her? Well, that would be the guy who’s been stalking her all day, trying to decide on what his badass supervillain name should be and waiting for the perfect moment to attack. With as few spoilers as possible, here’s a quick overview of the book’s set up: we open in a trailer park, watching through somebody else’s camera as they film a girl trying to convince her cat to get the hell off of her trailer roof. If you’re a David Wong fan and happen to have read his other two books (‘John Dies at the End’ and its sequel ‘This Book is Full of Spiders, Seriously Dude, Don’t Touch it’) you’ll know what you’re in for with his latest book, ‘Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits’ A crazy mix up of the disturbing, the hilarious, and the downright insanity that has you questioning whether or not you were high when you were reading.
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