How Far Would I Go for a Good Book?

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was going to give this 4 stars, then 4.5. Then I thought, "Ah, who am I kidding?" I enjoyed the hell out of this book. So, 5 stars it is.

It deserves to lose a full star for the damned reading group questions, though. Seriously?

The whole concept and execution of this book is awesome. At first glance, one might be tempted to say it's a blatant retelling of a true crime and on the surface, I can buy that.

However, the style and quality of writing are much deeper than that.

The hook-line, "How far are you willing to go for Mister Tender?" , is actually a real question:

How far are you willing to go for what you want?

Not what you NEED, not what will allow you to survive, but what you WANT.

How far we have come as a society to use social media to aid, abet and justify our actions. And ultimately, we allow social media full blame when things skew horribly, terribly wrong.

There is no longer accountability for our actions.

It's the fault of A, B, or C. That song, that movie, that video game.

Carter Wilson calls bullshit in an intellectual, on-our-level way and says we can survive anything if we stop believing the opiate of mass-marketing.

If we see everything as it is, not what we want it to be.

What would it take for you to survive the loss of everything: your home, your family, your physical appearance, the glossy perfection of your idealized tomorrows?

How far are you willing to go to avoid reality?

How bad will it be to just accept it?

What happens if you do?