I don’t know about you, but I feel like reality TV “jumped the shark” a while ago. It seems like a lot of what the producers are trying to pawn off as “reality” is about as unrealistic as you can get. So, it didn’t even seem like too much of a stretch to think that this story could actually come true. Convicted killers being sent to an island prison [Alcatraz 2.0] where they would be hunted down by government-sanctioned killers and live streamed on an app called The Postman? Why not, right?!? I mean, especially when the beginning of the story mentioned that the President was a former reality star and used his clout to make this show happen. I actually though to myself, “I really hope no reads this story and decides to treat it like a proposal.”
While I was horrified by the comments made by people who watched the murders via The Postman app, I wasn’t terribly shocked. Society has already gotten to the point where many people are desensitized to violence, and plenty of people already make callous remarks on social media because the anonymity and distance that the internet provides. So, if people in this near-future honestly believed that the inhabitants of Alcatraz 2.0 were convicted killers who “deserved” to die… Yeah. But what if they didn’t deserve it? Dee swears that she didn’t kill her step-sister, and some of the other young inmates have similar tales of being framed. Is there any chance that they can prove themselves innocent? Who can they turn to? Will anyone even attempt to listen to what they have to say? And how can they possibly trust each other enough to try and team up when their very survival means that they shouldn’t trust anything or anybody? Talk about an edge-of-your-seat thriller.
P.S. It’s hilarious, too!
Happy Reading!
Librarina 