I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin
I’m Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Abbott is a nerdy, pasty-faced, 20+ year-old living at home with his dad, spending his days playing video games and occasionally working as a Lyft driver. Ether is a wacky young woman in green sunglasses who calls for a ride. She persuades him to log out of Lyft and agree to drive her across the country (from California to Washington DC) for a six-figure sum. The catch is that they have to take a large black box that is sealed shut and leave phones and computers behind so as not to be tracked. The adventure begins there, but Abbott’s online clique get suspicious and also concerned at his absence. Soon various Twitch and Reddit threads start up speculating what happened to him. Some visual evidence is found showing him in his father’s car driving with Ether. The speculating goes crazy with conspiracy theories. A radiation warning symbol is spotted by one commenter on the box. Then online it becomes a plot to explode a dirty bomb at the capitol to wipe out the Supreme Court. Another person claims it’s a dead body in the trunk, and yet another, an alien. As wacky as it becomes, the story is written with wit and humor. It’s a hard trick to be funny and keep up suspense and action but the author pulls it off beautifully. I’ll definitely be looking for more books by this author.
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