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Narrated by:
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Brian Alan Hill
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By:
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David Scott Hay
About this listen
IMMERSIVE AURAL EXPERIENCE WITH MUSIC AND FOLEY! An experimental horror-lit set in the near future about connection and isolation.
The Office meets A Clockwork Orange.
Set in the world of social media moderators, @Sa>ag3 and @Jun1p3r must survive their first 90 days to qualify for benefits and a life-changing mystery bonus. As they flag a nonstop torrent of the most heinous [NSFW] videos, their coping mechanisms expand to include on-the-job sex, drugs, and a jellyfish.
But when copium is no longer an option, @Sa>ag3 & @Jun1p3r turn to a more bizarre form of therapy: intimacy. Meanwhile a stream of ominous warning videos keeps popping up... COMING SOON... hinting at an event that will alter the American landscape.
@Sa>ag3 & @Jun1p3r are on the digital front line with their finger on the DELETE button. Will love survive in this new age?
©2023 David Scott Hay (P)2024 David Scott HayCritic reviews
“DSH has a taut, bristling writing style stacked with compelling ideas.” – New City Journal
“Cutting, savage, and soulful.” – David Leo Rice, The New House
"Brilliant & creative.” – Horror Haus Books
Listener received this title free
Described as “Clockwork Orange meets The Office”, it also reminded me a bit of the tv series “Sick Note”, and I believe this book perfectly manages to portray the society we currently live in like the titles mentioned, with lots of dark humour and just utter craziness and nonsense.
I listened to the audiobook, so I wasn’t aware of the non conventional writing format of the book (that some reviews report), although given the fantastic production and performance of Brian Alan Hill, I can actually see why. The different sounds and distortions, alarms and all the in between made this narration truly unique and it very well transports the reader into the book and author’s mind.
As I said, this story is just a perfect reflection of our current society, where social media has taken over real life, so much so to constitute a true danger to the whole of society. To try and prevent this, the protagonists moderate social media content, exposing themselves for hours day after day to everything the human brain can conjure up, not realising how detrimental this is. Because of this exposure, @Sa>ag3 and @Jun1p3r, and the whole office, start slowly ramping up drug use, extreme sex and everything in between.
They soon realise though, that the only way to protect themselves, and to come back to reality is not projecting outwards but inwards, trying to disconnect from the plastic and fictitious world by finding true human connection, cultivating the most profound emotions instead of a quick pleasure fix.
I loved this story, for not just its meaning, but for how damn real the characters are! If this book is not on your radar, then make sure to add it on your list now as it will make you laugh, disgust, think and tear up without your brain not even realising it!
Thanks to the author for the opportunity to listen to it and this is my honest opinion.
A perfect reflection of current society!
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