How we cite our quotes: Chapter.Paragraph
Quote #7
"We've got to fix your image, because should this go to trial, it will influence the juror pool. Change of venue doesn't mean anything anymore – twenty-four-hour cable, Internet, the whole world is your venue. So I cannot tell you how key it is to start turning this whole thing around." (29.44)
Ever watch a story on the news or read it on the Internet and make a snap judgment of what the person involved must be like? With Google, Facebook, and Twitter trending topics, news and distortions of news travel fast, until it's almost impossible to separate what's true from what isn't. For Nick, the tendency for hot, juicy news stories to go viral makes his case even more challenging.
Quote #8
I thought [Andie'd] last exactly three days. Then she wouldn't be able to resist sharing. I know she likes to share because I'm one of her friends on Facebook—my profile name is invented. […] But she's been surprisingly discreet for a girl of her generation. (34.20, 31)
As she moves through each stage of her plot, Amy's smart enough to know how to use Facebook to get intelligence on what Andie's up to. This makes Andie even more of a commentary on the forthcoming generation, sharing her life on the Internet as well capturing it on electronic devices.
Quote #9
I still missed my magazine—I hid copies like porn and read them in secret, because I didn't want people feeling sorry for me. (37.44)
Wow, Nick—that's some serious shame. This confession to Boney and Go about where he really was during the time unaccounted for on the day Amy disappeared (that is, assuming he's actually telling the truth) reveals just how much losing his writing job destroyed Nick and exacerbated his frustration with life.