“Jesu li mogli znati da, dok je njima to bila neka vrsta bolesne online igre, njezin je život bio upropašten? Njezina je veza bila razbijena na komadiće. Posao joj je bio u limbu. Duševno zdravlje joj je bilo u slobodnom padu gotovo otkako se Lista pojavila.”
Ola Olajide mlada je i popularna novinarka čiji je život u najljepšem periodu – uskoro se udaje za Michaela, ljubav svog života. Internet ih obožava. Za fanove su oni nešto poput Beckhama. Sve dok odjednom to više nisu. Jedna objava i sve nestaje…
Puno je kritike na račun pisanja i koliko je zanimljivo sve skupa predstavljeno i nažalost moram se ovaj put složiti sa većinom. Nije mi odgovarao stil pisanja, nije mi držao pažnju i povremeno mi je bilo dosadnjikavo, ali…
ALI tema je odlično obrađena i upravo to me je i navelo da nastavim čitati. Psihološka strana knjige je odlična! Ta nemoć koju likovi osjećaju u trenutku kada im se život raspada može se osjetiti sa svakom stranicom sve više i više. Pomisao da je dovoljan jedan klik, jedna objava da vam se život uruši poput kule od karata je zastrašujuća. Moć interneta je zastrašujuća! Informacije, često neprovjerene i lažne, koje se šire poput požara, osuđivanje, otkazivanje, laži – sve je to dio našeg modernog života, nešto s čime još nismo u potpunosti sigurni kako se nositi.
Mislim da ova knjiga iako neće biti nešto najbolje što ćete pročitati ove godine ipak zaslužuje pažnju baš zbog teme i da u tome leži velika vrijednost ove knjige.
“Kada je Ola shvatila da je stranica Llst4 na Čaju nestala, umjesto olakšanja, osjetila se pokradenom. Svi su drugi mogli nastaviti sa svojim životima, nakon što su oni očistili svoje servere. Ali neki ljudi – Lewis, njegova obitelj, Michael – nosili su ožiljke svega toga.”
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The List – Yomi Adegoke
“Could they have known that while it was some kind of sick online game to them, her life was ruined? Her relationship was in tatters. Her job was in limbo. Her mental health had been in freefall almost since The List appeared.”
Ola Olajide is a young and popular journalist whose life is in the best period – she is about to marry Michael, the love of her life. The internet loves them. For fans, they are something like the Beckhams. Until suddenly they aren’t anymore. One post and everything disappears…
There is a lot of criticism about the writing and how interesting everything is presented and unfortunately I have to agree with the majority this time. I didn’t like the writing style, it didn’t hold my attention and it was boring at times, but…
BUT the topic is well covered and that’s what made me keep reading. The psychological side of the book is great! That helplessness that the characters feel at the moment when their lives fall apart can be felt more and more with each page. The thought that one click, one post is enough for your life to collapse like a house of cards is terrifying. The power of the internet is terrifying! Information, often unverified and false, that spreads like wildfire, judgment, cancellation, lies – it’s all part of our modern life, something we’re not quite sure how to deal with yet.
I think that this book, although it will not be the best thing you will read this year, still deserves attention precisely because of the subject and that this is where the great value of this book lies.
“When Ola realized that the Llst4 page on Tea was gone, instead of being relieved, she felt robbed. Everyone else could go on with their lives, after they cleaned up their servers. But some people – Lewis, his family, Michael – carried the scars of it all.”
