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In the 90s a group of teens inadvertently download a video of congressman Benjamin Hardy committing suicide during a press conference several years previously. Hardy is based on the true events of Budd Dwyer. Shortly after watching the video the friends start seeing Hardy's face, superimposed over the faces of others at random times. They also start having disturbing dreams, along with a compulsion to rewatch the video despite being (CONT)
vivastory enormously disturbed by it. This was a compelling, disturbing novella about a group of friends who would be haunted for the rest of their lives by this video, A pretty grim portrait of the power of video. I am using an image of the Filter single, which is about the Dwyer suicide, as I really dislike the cover art of the book. My only real complaint about the book. (edited) 2w
Billypar Definitely sounds disturbing - making it novella length was probably a smart move. I had this Filter album growing up but never knew that's what the lead single was about or even heard of the event itself. 2w
Branwen Aw man, this sounds AMAZING! 😱 2w
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vivastory @Billypar Apparently there was some controversy when this was released because some thought it was about Cobain & they had to clarify that it wasn't. 2w
vivastory @Branwen It's one of the best horror novels I've read this year. Really got under my skin. 2w
Hooked_on_books I looked at what the cover looks like and understand why you didn‘t want to post it. Sounds like a super interesting read. 2w
Suet624 Too creepy for me. 2w
Reggie Yeah, this book was great but what a downer. And then when his friends were like you were poor and all that other stuff that broke up their friendship. Oof 2w
vivastory @Reggie This had some great class commentary for sure. 2w
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