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The Dark Net
The Dark Net | Benjamin Percy
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Hell on earth is only one click of a mouse away in acclaimed writer Benjamin Percys terrifying new horror novel The Dark Net is real. An anonymous and often criminal arena that exists in the secret, far reaches of the Web, some use it to manage Bitcoins, pirate movies and music, or traffic in drugs and stolen goods. And now, an ancient darkness is gathering there as well. These demons are threatening to spread virally into the real world unless they can be stopped by members of a ragtag crew: Twelve-year-old Hannah, who has been fitted with the Mirage, a high-tech visual prosthetic to combat her blindness, wonders why she sees shadows surrounding some people. A technophobic journalist named Lela has stumbled upon a story nobody wants her to uncover. Mike Junipera one-time child evangelist who suffers from personal and literal demonshas an arsenal of weapons stored in the basement of the homeless shelter he runs. And Derek, a hacker with a cause, believes himself a soldier of the Internet, part of a cyber army akin to Anonymous. They have no idea what the Dark Net really contains.
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sharread
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Mehso-so

3 💫💫💫 This novel was a bit too convoluted for me. There's 7 different characters with different issues. There's nothing much about technology except that there's evil on the internet. The one character doesn't even have a smartphone. There's nothing in detail about the illegal underground internet stuff, like the weird stuff people buy on the dark web from criminals. #Horror #Halloween #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 2y
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LiteraryLona
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Pickpick

This book was not what I was expecting, in the best kind of way!

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UrsulaMonarch
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Panpan

I‘ve enjoyed multiple books by Percy and the premise of this one sounded fun, but I thought this book was pretty bad. The plot is scattered and doesn‘t make good use of the ideas haphazardly laid out. It‘s gratuitously gory and gruesome. There are multiple female characters, which is great, but the book‘s treatment of them makes it hard to tell if it‘s misogyny or misanthropy at work.

Funny book pair but maybe horror is hygge for some??

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Anton
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Mehso-so

This one was disappointing. Some genuinely creepy stuff combined with technological paranoia, but the characters are poorly drawn and the plot unfolds too quickly for a real sense of dread to build (that being said, if it had been longer I might not have finished). It's a shame because I think there was a really good book in there somewhere but this feels like a first draft or a treatment for the film version. ⭐️⭐️1/2

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Anton
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I love Benjamin Percy‘s recent work on Green Arrow, and his werewolf book Red Moon was pretty great, so I‘m giving this techno-horror novel a shot.

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Born.A.Reader
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A friend of mine recommended I read this but when I went to my library to get it, they didn't have it. Well boo. I decided to request it, and this is what they said! That's good right? I've never requested a book for them before.

mom2bugnbee Does your library participate in interlibrary loans? That's how I've read books not in a collection before. You can ask at the reference desk. 6y
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JoeStalksBeck
The Dark Net | Benjamin Percy
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My review for this book 😂📚❤️. https://bookchat758524457.wordpress.com/

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JoeStalksBeck
The Dark Net | Benjamin Percy
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Too cold to do anything but read, write and drink tea 🍵❤️📖📚#inmymug #newyearreads

TorieStorieS I love that mug!! My dog is named after Chief Brody!!! 🦈 6y
JoeStalksBeck @TorieStorieS thanks! Got it in my Nocturnal Readers Box last month 6y
TorieStorieS Oooo! I just signed up for the January box like a week ago as an after-Christmas gift to myself!! 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 6y
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JoeStalksBeck
The Dark Net | Benjamin Percy
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If looks could kill ... geez.

RadicalReader @JoeStalksBeck cats expressions always say it all 6y
Lmstraubie Who blinked first? 6y
rubyslippersreads 😹😹😹 6y
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Dolly 😂 6y
Bookladylinda 😸😸 6y
kamoorephoto 😹😹😹😹😹😹 6y
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Crash
The Dark Net | Benjamin Percy
Pickpick

It wasn't the cyber crime book I expected going by the description but still a good read. It was more of a horror story with dark religious overtones to it. The Dark Net is a small part of the story but not as much as you think. If you can get past that it is a good, short read.

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VinceReads
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Panpan

This book started off decent enough, interesting characters, nice pacing, but man did things go south in the last 80 pages. I️ hate not finishing books, but I️ kinda wish I️ hadn‘t finished this one. There was so much nonsense in the last 80 pages, I️ kept thinking, well, it can‘t get worse than that. I️ was wrong, so wrong. 1/5

kamoorephoto Good to know... 6y
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VinceReads
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Looking forward to starting this one at lunch. Anyone read this one yet?

2BR02B No, but he moderated the Q&A at the Night Vale event I went to a couple of weeks ago, so I picked up a copy of this book to read eventually. He has an incredibly deep voice. 6y
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Bookboss
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Pickpick

When I began reading this novel, I thought it was a straight-forward cyber-hacking thriller. I nearly put it down, because I just wasn‘t in the mood, and I didn‘t care for the reporter character. I am glad I stuck with it for a few more pages, because it dropped into a strange supernatural battle between good and evil. I needed a propulsive plot and characters that I wanted to make it to the end, and that is what I got.

VinceReads This is sitting in my TBR pile from the library, I was on the fence about it but sounds like I‘ll have to make sure I read it. 6y
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TheWhiteHatter
The Dark Net | Benjamin Percy
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Post 1 of 2: So today was a banner book today for the wife and I! We drive about 90 minutes to a two-story Barnes and Nobel in Rochester NY today. Our plan was to just take the day and enjoy the books. Well mission accomplished!!! These posts are just my book haul. I bought some awesome cyber security books, and a leatherbound classic edition of The Star Wars Trilogy (see next post).

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TheLibrarian
The Dark Net | Benjamin Percy
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Mixed reviews but it looks interesting. #ebookdeal

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vivastory
The Dark Net | Benjamin Percy
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Lock and Key by Joseph Hilfin. I see what you did there.

samesfoley Omg 😂 7y
TheLibrarian Love it! 7y
readordierachel Ha! Clever. 7y
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IReadThereforeIBlog
The Dark Net | Benjamin Percy
Pickpick

Benjamin Percy's horror novel neatly brings traditional occult themes into the social media age in this fast-paced and enjoyable story with some great ideas that's marred only by a disposable supporting cast and an ending that didn't quite satisfy me.

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rachelm
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Just started this and afraid it's going to give me the willies. The digital willies? Is that a thing? Anyway, great tone setting and I can tell these characters have potential.

BookishFeminist I just got this from the library. Definitely looks like it can give the digital willies. 7y
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ericarobynreads
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Mehso-so

The Dark Net has a wonderfully intriguing prologue! This did a wonderful job of drawing me in and I was hooked for quite a while. Unfortunately, things started to go downhill for me around page 75. Even so, I still enjoyed this read.

Check out my full review here: http://www.ericarobynreads.com/2017/09/book-review-dark-net-by-benjamin-percy.ht...

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BookBoggart
The Dark Net | Benjamin Percy
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Library book haul! Been rather rainy here and having some tummy issues. So animal snuggles, tea and books for this lady! I managed to grab the 3rd in one of the graphic novels. So gonna have to read the other 2 online. Ah, attention not being payed. 😂 #weekendplans #muchlove #steepedtea #fallishere

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Tanzy13
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Hell on earth is only one click away…

The Dark Net is real. An anonymous and often criminal arena that exists in the secret far reaches of the Web, some use it to manage Bitcoins, pirate movies and music, or traffic in drugs and stolen goods. And now an ancient darkness is gathering there as well. This force is threatening to spread virally into the real world unless it can be stopped by members of a ragtag crew.

LittlePixels This is on my TBR. How is it? 7y
LukeMorris 🤔🤔🤔 7y
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ScorpioBookDreams
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Pickpick

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book as I don't normally read a lot of horror. At first I thought it was going to be more about technology and the Dark Net but it's definitely more focused on the supernatural and how demons etc invade the digital world. A quick yet enjoyable horror book!

MaleficentBookDragon You sold me at demons. 7y
LauraJ Need to do this one. 7y
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ScorpioBookDreams
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bitterbear
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#Mona just seeing what you're up too... #catsoflitsy

vivastory How is this one? I'm hoping to read it in the next couple of weeks 7y
Lcsmcat 😻😻 7y
GondorGirl 💗😻💗 7y
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bitterbear @vivastory It was okay not what I expected. 7y
vivastory That's a disappointment, might have to wait to read that one. Did you know that Jeff Vandermeer just published this Borne related novella 7y
bitterbear @vivastory 😍😍😍😍😍😍 no....I knew about the book but I didn't know it was out. 7y
vivastory @bitterbear digital only until February. only $3 on Kindle 7y
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MrBook
The Dark Net | Benjamin Percy
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#TBRtemptation post 7! Recently released. The Dark Net is an actual place where people traffic in the black market. And a ragtag group in Portland finds a darkness in that cyber world. 12-year-old Hannah; Lela, a technophobic journalist; Mike, a homeless shelter manager; Anonymous-wannabe & hacker Derek . A techno-thriller from the popular horror writer showing the evil that lurks in the world. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

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bitterbear
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#currentread #feet #dontask please don't suck..

BookHermit I hope it doesn't suck. Sounds like a good read. 7y
leftoverjen I also hope it doesn't suck since I'm picking it up from the library today 7y
bitterbear @BookHermit @leftoverjen So far so good... 😊😊 7y
TheLibrarian Good to hear @bitterbear I just bought this the other day. 7y
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Amanda23
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Bailedbailed

Life is too short and the TBR pile too big to try and muscle through a book that isn't holding my attention at all.

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bitterbear
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#birthdayloot 😊😊😊😊🎉🎉🎉🎉

RealBooks4ever Happy Birthday! 🎉🎉🎉📚📚📚 7y
bitterbear @RealBooks4ever 😘😘😘😘😘 7y
Lcsmcat Happy Birthday ! 7y
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bitterbear @Lcsmcat Thank you 😊😊😊😘😘 7y
diovival Happy birthday! 😄 7y
bitterbear @diovival Thank you... 😙😙😉😉 7y
vivastory Happy belated birthday!! 📚📚🎊🎊🤘 7y
bitterbear @vivastory Aww thank you!! 😊😊😊😊😘😘 7y
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CarolinaCarter
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Is #tbrtuesday a thing? I guess it is now!

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ScorpioBookDreams
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#bookmail today looks really interesting. It's a horror about demons being able to spread via computers.

vivastory I read & enjoyed his book 7y
ScorpioBookDreams @vivastory that sounds really good! 7y
anwade88 You lost me at horror (I just can't do it 😬😂) but sounds very intriguing! 7y
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diovival Reminds me of a story I once read where demons buried their soul contracts in website terms and conditions. No one ever reads the fine print before clicking Agree. 7y
ScorpioBookDreams @diovival a few years ago Game pulled a prank based on the same idea. They added into the terms and conditions that they now owned your soul. They were proving that no one ever reads them! 😂😂 7y
diovival This happened irl? Ha! 7y
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Redwritinghood
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Bookish mail today - a Lit hub win and some adorable elephant bookends. #bookmail

AlaMich Those elephants are the best! 7y
charl08 Wow! Where are they from? 7y
Redwritinghood @charl08 Found them on Amazon. 7y
valeriegeary These bookends are 💯! 7y
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Lettters
The Dark Net | Benjamin Percy
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I don't read horror, but this one gave the genre a good name. Fast, intelligent, masochistic fun.

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