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  • Just a Girl

  • Obsession Collection
  • By: Alyssa Cole
  • Narrated by: Kimberly Woods
  • Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (130 ratings)

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Just a Girl

By: Alyssa Cole
Narrated by: Kimberly Woods
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Publisher's summary

Social media can be a dangerous game. A young woman’s world teeters on the verge of implosion when trolls push too far in this disturbing short story from New York Times bestselling author Alyssa Cole.

Tiana Carter has just started college and is determined to make the most of it. She’s thrilled to be posting videos about dorm-room cooking and campus fashion for a small but loyal band of followers. When she dips into the online dating pool, her first swipe right raises a huge red flag. Tiana’s polite rejection is met with scorn, and now a group of self-proclaimed “high-value men” are hell-bent on ruining her life.

Just a Girl is part of Obsession, a collection of compulsively readable short stories about people pushed to their extremes. So addictive you won’t be able to put them down—read or listen to each story in a single sitting.

©2023 Shauna O’Garro. (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
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Lessons for youth!

Frightening how social media can destroy and degrade our society and we need to protect our kids...

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Probably better to read than listen.

Good story.
Relevant to todays world for sure!
But listening was challenging because of all the # names.

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C. Stranger is the best

I very much enjoyed this all too familiar tale. This was the first work by Alyssa Cole I have read and now I am certain it won’t be my last.

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emails r us

easy to follow along. story was rather blah. lost context because of the ip address and intro to text was too long.

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Sobering story

I’m glad I stuck with this story because when it started it really doesn’t grab you. It’s a series of online posts with the number of followers and the number of posts, etc. etc. But once you get into this it’s horrifying. A young girl is ripped apart on the Internet by what I took to be white supremacist men. They were disgusting, hateful, and got there just desserts. The narrator did a wonderful job.

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Very social media heavy

A little too realistic with how women get harassed online by ‘men’s rights’ groups. Seems like this could happen to anyone.

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To Close To Home

This was so creepy and to close to home for women. The idea that men hate you so much that they mess with you for no other reason but you rejected them.

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Dark side of social media

Alyssa Cole's "Just a Girl" is a gripping and timely novella that delves into the dark side of social media and online harassment. Tiana Carter, a college student excitedly sharing her life through videos, faces a terrifying ordeal when a polite rejection on a dating app triggers a vicious response from a group of malicious trolls. Cole expertly portrays the escalating tension and emotional turmoil as Tiana's world teeters on the brink of implosion. The novella is a powerful commentary on the dangers of the digital age and the impact of cyberbullying. Part of the "Obsession" collection, "Just a Girl" is a compulsive read that captures the reader's attention from start to finish. Though brief, it leaves a lasting impression and serves as a poignant reminder of the real-life consequences of online interactions.

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Definitely creepy and true to life

The story is super realistic. It feels like it could have actually happened. I kinda wish there was regular narration mixed in between the social media posts.

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This

This brought tears to my eyes for both sorrow and joy. it raised awareness of the troubles that live on the internet

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