![]() ![]() I'm going to do my best to mark spoilers but I might miss some, so here's a general spoiler warning for the rest of this review.įirst off, why do all these high schools in YA books have gossip sites and apps dedicated to the students at their school? Like, not just a school gossip Snapchat or something but a literal app or website that some student built specifically to ~expose~ their peers and I just. My problems with this book are more in the realm of suspension of disbelief and the convenience of the plot. The characters aren't awful, the pacing wasn't weird, and the mystery has a second layer that doesn't come out of nowhere. And, for the most part, Deepfake does a decent job with the concept. This is TERRIFYING, so it's perfect fodder for a YA mystery. ![]() ![]() With the proliferation of deepfake apps, this is a very timely story most of the apps are limited to entertainment purposes (i.e., putting yourself in the lead role in your favorite movie or TV show), but the fact is that you can fabricate realistic video of anyone saying anything as long as you have a picture and an audio clip of their voice. Now he's being investigated by the College Board, and she needs to clear her name in order to clear his. The basic idea for this book is solid: at a high school where everyone cares about academics, a video spreads of the school's top student saying that her boyfriend, who's also her biggest competition for valedictorian, paid someone else to take the SAT for him. ![]()
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