![]() ![]() ![]() But if your book is going to be primarily about Fyre, say it’s a book about Fyre. Fyre is an interesting story, but since Bluestone not only wrote about Fyre for Vice Media AND served as Executive Producer for the Fyre Netflix doc, it feels a bit like she’s decided she’s gonna ride the Fyre train for as long as she can. ![]() Unfortunately, this book is about 80% focused on Fyre Festival and Fyre Media CEO Billy McFarland’s pre- and post-Fyre businesses.ĭon’t get me wrong. I felt like having a better understanding of how and why people fall for online scammers would help me in my work, as well as making for some interesting reading material. The subtitle of Hype is “How Scammers, Grifters, and Con Artists Are Taking Over the Internet - and Why We’re Following.” As someone who has done a fair bit of work around the topic of scams in my day job, both in terms of raising awareness of specific scams and trying to each people how to avoid online scams, I’ve become very interested in the general topic of scams. Hype by Gabrielle Bluestone is a slightly misleading, incredibly rambling, but ultimately enjoyable book. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |