Facehooked: How Facebook Affects Our Emotions, Relationships, and Lives by Suzana E. FloresMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
To start with got a free copy of the book from NetGalley in exchange for a review
When I first started reading this it took a little bit of getting into it. I had just finished reading 'The Church of Facebook' and was expecting it to be very similar. It really was not, but like that book, it took some getting into it for me, but for opposite reasons. Church of Facebook seems to tell stories that had nothing to do with the subject but in the end had everything to do with it. Fachooked started out with stories but went right into the why of them.
It was interesting in that the author started with the light fare and when you got far enough in, the subjects became a little darker. And that is the way it should be. If she had started with the scary stuff first people might not read it at all. That was a good call on her part. If that is not what she had planned it still was a good move on her part. I feel that just the right amount of time was spent on each subject, although for me and what I know (I work in IT and am familiar with a lot of this) some seemed to drag on. I can not object to that because not everyone has the same level of knowledge and what drags for me might be not enough for you.
In all, I think it was a good read and would recommend it to anyone that has interest in the subject matter.
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