THIS BOOK WAS SO AMAZING OH MY GOD. I don't have the words to describe how much I love this book. It lived up to all of my expectations and more. It was absolutely exhilarating to read and didn't have a dull moment. Even though I don't understand hacking (although I WISH I did), that didn't stop me from loving every second of it. The book when is so many different directions that I couldn'tve anticipated, but it was so perfect and I can't remember the last time I read something that was so intri...

So it turns out this book isn't a standalone after all, it's a series? Gotta love it when authors do that! (Usually sarcasm but in this case I am abso-freaking-lutely excited for it and CANNOT WAIT to dig into more hacking adventures! Review to come, all you need to know is that if you love mystery and fast paced books then you're gonna love this as much as I did!

“What is the silence of six and what are you going to do about?" REACTION AFTER READING THE BOOK Oh boy this book is so good!I'm a pretty slow reader and I just breezed through this book like it was nothing. It has all the elements of a book that I really like.Seemingly realistic eventsLikeable and believable charactersNo information overload (Like Ready Player One)Keeps you at the edge of your seatA page turnerNo insta-love (thank goodness!!)The writing was good.This book is so fucking go

The Review: http://thefictionalhangout.blogspot.c...WHAT IS THE SILENCE OF THE SIX, AND WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?"These are the last words uttered by 17-year-old Max Stein’s best friend, Evan: Just moments after hacking into the live-streaming Presidential debate at their high school, he kills himself.Haunted by the image of Evan’s death, Max’s entire world turns upside down as he suddenly finds himself the target of a corporate-government witch-hunt. Fearing for his life and fighting t...

How is this not more popular?! Man, if I could be half as good with computers as these teens are...

I LOVED this book. I read it in one sitting because I literally could not put it down. I think what grabbed me was how realistic the story really is. I felt like something like this could really happen in real life. Max is a very believable and like-able protagonist, and I was on the edge of my seat rooting for him all the way through. This review will be shorter than normal, because I went into this not knowing anything more than what the Goodreads synopsis says, and I think that was the best w...

4.5*I have a bit of a weakness when it comes to computer/hacker stories. I absolutely love Person of Interest and sometimes I wish my computer skills (and my patience level) would be bad ass enough to go underground and pull down sites to make a point or uncovering secure info from a super secret government *kidding of course.. well sort off* ..I had previously been fooled when I picked up Cipher, expecting a hacker heroin only to be faced with nill action and a case of bad instalove romance.So

A thrilling, mind-boggling, breath-taking novel, The Silence of Six will take you to the edge of your seat. A great novel about hacking and the cyber world. An eye-opener about privacy and politics.“What is the silence of six, and what are you going to do about it?” The Silence of Six started as a shocker. Oh well I don't want to mention "that shocker" but it really shocked me that I got so intrigued with this book. And, yes, it didn't disappoint.I know what is hacking but I have no skills for t...

OH MY GOD!!! just watched the book trailer ... it looks EPIC... Gotta read this book!

LOVE IT!!! CAN'T WAIT FOR THE SEQUEL!

“The Silence of Six” is an exciting page turner that begs you not to put it down until you know how it all will end. Built around the world of computer hacking, compromised security, and government overstepping its bounds, in this day and age it could almost be described as a horror story. I know it has left me a bit on the paranoid side.The characters are well-developed, the plot picks up its quick pace from the very beginning, and the plot is unpredictable, which is exactly how any good thrill...

"If you know what someone does every day, you have a good shot at predicting what they're going to do in the future, maybe even before they do. And if you know that, maybe you can manipulate them into doing something else." Con tanto hype y un book trailer tan increíble me esperaba algo mucho más wow. De todas formas, eso no hizo que no lo disfrutara. La primera mitad se me hizo muy fácil de leer y me atrapó bastante, mientras que la segunda un poquito más densa. Sin embargo, es una historia

I called this science fiction, but it's really a YA thriller. If the reader can deal with a really shocking, graphically described suicide of a seventeen-year-old at the end of the first chapter, he or she should be sucked right into this story about Max, one-time high-school smart-aleck hacker, turned popular soccer player. A presidential debate is being held at his high school for publicity purposes. At the very end, the wifi is hacked, and all the cell phones and other tech shows a shocking v...

Overall this book was a thoroughly good adventure / mystery that was fast paced and intriguing throughout. The story starts with out lead character losing his friend in mysterious circumstances. Through the course of the book Max follows a number of clues left by his friend Evan in order to unravel the mystery of Evan's death and life. The book features around the topic of computers and computer hacking. There are times that the computer language can become very in-depth which I loved as a fello...

I kept jumping between 4 and 3 stars with this one because, though the novel lacks finesse in some of the technical aspects of storytelling, this was a fast-paced, thrilling and very entertaining novel that went deep (at least, it seemed deep for a computer noob like me) into hacking and the cyberworld, or at least, deeper than other YA hacking novels have gone that have left me wanting for more. But towards the end of the novel, I found this effort to be simply alright. It was admittedly entert...

REVIEW: THE SILENCE OF SIX by E. C. MyersTHE SILENCE OF SIX is a top-notch thriller and I devoured it in one setting, unable to set it aside. Although a YA novel, it's great for us "older" readers of thrillers and mystery as well. Literally non-stop action from the very beginning, an innocent protagonist "on the run," political-corporate misbehavior, megalomaniac villains, and a backstage "hero" with Asperger' s Syndrome--a brimming cauldron of thrills, chills, and sheer excitement; plus realist...

Myers has crafted an intense young adult book that's frightening in its plausibility. It's also the most realistic fictional account I've read of hackers and hacking. He's done his research, and the content rings true (Hollywood, take note, please). Max is a good kid, loyal to his family and friends, and the type of protagonist you want to cheer for. The characters are nuanced and complicated, hackers included. It's a very personal thriller in terms of the stakes, but it also has a lot of major

(I got an ARC through NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review.)3.5 stars, because the book wasn't without faults. In fact, I'd probably give it 4 stars in other circumstances—that is, if I didn't know a lot to the online world, computers in general, and hackers. Some parts I found to be too "didactic", which would be good for a reader with a less technological background, yet tended to become annoying after a while (I really don't need to be taught what a DDoS attack is). However, this is a

The Silence of the Six has a cool premise and engaging characters but it felt so technical at times that I felt like was reading a foreign language. What's odd - is that other reviewers that are more tech/hacker savvy than I feel it wasn't technical enough and talked down to readers. So I'm not sure where that leaves me. lol It wasn't bad and I read it in a day but I can't say I was overly interested in how it all turned out either. So many hacker names and jargon - it all became a blur after a

I'm kind of disappointed. I truly don't understand all the hype about this book. Did I miss something? It was okay, but it wasn't the "page-turning thriller" I was expecting. The whole story is technical talk, making it hard to follow. The plot is a decent idea, but I don't think it was executed well at all. I still don't understand what completely happened. This boo kind of reminded me of Ready Player One - however, I ADORED Ready Player One and honestly, I would have rather reread that book th...