Name: Unboxed: A Play
ISBN: 9781734001020

Briana Morgan

Selected as a Kickstarter "Project We Love." A play about not taking real relationships for granted, even when you've amassed thousands of virtual fans-as Greg learns the hard way.

Unboxed: A Play

Greg Zipper is a paranormal vlogger whose livelihood relies on his online popularity. When a fight between him and his girlfriend goes viral for all the wrong reasons, Greg purchases a dark web mystery box in hopes of restoring his audience's faith in him and hitting one million subscribers. But when Greg opens the box, he gets much more than he bargained for, including a Boxer who’s determined to stop him from taking his loved ones for granted. Now Greg must do all he can to stop the Boxer, or else he'll lose his livelihood—along with the woman he loves.

Becca Futrell

Honestly, the dark web scares the heck out of me. 

But I love love love films and books that dive into the scarier parts of the internet (& technology, in general). 

When I saw the cover of Unboxed I was like, yes. I'm here. And then, I saw that it was a play & I was like ... I'm still here. & then, here's the kicker, I saw the synopsis & I was like YES. THIS IS THE ONE. And, my dear reader, I was not disappointed.

Unboxed, in only 68-pages, really packs a punch. 

Unboxed dives into how Zipper's YouTube-sensation determination is destroying his relationship with his girlfriend, Alice. Things seem rocky between the two right-off-the-bat, but it gets worse as the play progresses. Then, Zipper decides that in order to skyrocket his follower count, he'll do an unboxing of a box he purchased from the dark web. Needless to say, things get wild for the two following the unboxing. 

Although this takes place with a paranormal background, it gives a realistic glance at just how technology & obsessiveness of growing an internet following can really go to your head and destroy your most personal relationships. I absolutely love Unboxed for both the paranormal aspects and the in-depth dive into the characters. Zipper is forced to learn a lesson, otherwise, he might just lose the person he loves.

Unboxed: A Play

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