Girl Gone Viral by Arvin Ahmadi
Girl Gone viral by Arvin Ahmadi is a futuristic sci-fi novel, set in a time where screens and bots have taken over our everyday lives. This text follows the life of Opal hopper, once Opal Tal. Before legally changing her name, before her fathers' mysterious disappearance when she was six.
Now seventeen-year-old opal attending PAAST (Palo Alto Academy of Science and Technology) has found a chance to secure the truth and her questions answered about what happened to her father through entering Make-a-splash. A virtual reality competition, and the prize is none other than meeting Howie Mendelson, founder of his business empire Palo Alto labs which not only is in total control of PAAST, but Howie also worked closely with Opal's father before his disappearance.
Flashback of Howie and her father prompt Opal to enter this competition. Despite all the attention she will get, all the attention that once traumatized her when she was younger and her father, Professor Tal at Stanford went missing without a trace. With the police investigation being suspiciously closed suddenly after the surfacing of one dark note left by her father. Everyone had seemed to have given up hope of finding Aaron Tal. Everyone except Opal that is. Still searching for the truth, for her father.
This novel will keep you on the edge of your seat, roping you into the journey of Opal Hopper right 'til the end. Brilliantly written and intriguingly futuristic, it makes you really think about not only the future of tech, but also its' present state and impact on our current lives. Really recommend to innovative, modern thinkers who enjoy the art of literature.
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