Nerve

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On top of that, Ian had absolutely no personality. We know almost literally nothing about him, so their romance did nothing for me in return. In fact, I was highly sceptical of their entire relationship. Sydney, Matthew, and Tommy were also, similarly, bland as boiled rice. I didn’t understand any of their relationships with Vee. Sydney and Vee’s friendship was handled poorly, especially when the movie did such a brilliant job, and Tommy came across as the typical jaded ‘friend-zoned' nerd. I couldn’t stand him. The is alot of action, and we keep going. AND GOING. The action starts really fast. And the plot keeps moving, and you really wanne know what happens nexts. And what the nexst dare is. As the dares increased in difficulty, I had a really hard time connecting with the story. I wanted either more super embarrassing dares and a really nice coming of age story to go along with it ….. Or I wanted wild, freeing, high adrenalin craziness. What I got was boring and farfetched slow moving situations. The only alternative, really, is adopting a nihilist senselessness-is-all-there-is approach. But given how heavily this book relied on material possessions, fame, voyeurism, looks, boys, looks, boys, and looks... it's hard to say it was going for a nihilist approach.

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This book had some of the most underdeveloped characters I have ever read about. Vee was an unpleasant protagonist. She had no spark. I could not connect with her. I found her decisions incredibly irritating. I understand that she has a shy and timid personality... so I guess it genuinely was a realistic response? However, I just could not understand her motivations or get inside her head. Ryan's story is thought-provoking and unsettling...the ending goes off with a bang and a twist.' Publishers WeeklyThe two go to the shop and Tommy films Vee pouring water on herself in front of all the customers while yelling “cold water makes me hot!” but didn’t realize she was wearing a cotton shirt, so it becomes see through. The two try to delete the inappropriate upload, but fail and Vee speeds home to concerned parents. They gave her the curfew after an incident a few months prior in which Vee parked her car in the closed garage and fell asleep with the engine still on, requiring her hospitalization with carbon monoxide poisoning. Her parents and many others at school believed it to be an attempted suicide, even though Vee was just tired from a night of helping Sydney learn lines.

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However, soon enough the players notice that Nerve know A LOT about them, since not only they set kind of dares involving emotional stress due players’ pasts but also Nerve know exactly what kind of prizes to offer to make irresistible the temptation of accepting the dares.I will admit my own personal experiences with trauma and grief made me struggle to relate to hers. This is a personal failing of mine as comparing trauma isn’t fair because trauma impacts people differently. But I’m noting it because it certainly did color my perception of the book and is a bias I readily admit. Nerve' Finds The Creators Of 'Catfish' Crafting A Social Media-Savvy Cyberthriller". Uproxx. July 26, 2016. Archived from the original on July 27, 2016 . Retrieved July 26, 2016. As someone with a very specific and horrific (to me) phobia, I did go into this book with the thought that it might contain some miraculous cure, but that's not what this book is. And that's totally okay. And probably all for the best. There is a hidden message inside this novel that I found quite thought provoking, on how consumerism has such control over us. We easily succumb to material things and the promise of money. I was surprised by the amount of truth there was in the plot. We're in a culture where consumerism can turn around and destroy us, turning us into unthinking automatons. How far would YOU go to get what you want the most, especially when it's being dangled right in front of you?