We Are Watching Eliza Bright

We Are Watching Eliza Bright is narrated by a chorus of angry men on the internet, lurking on 4chan, in subreddits, and on Twitter. They all play a game, run by a company called Fancy Dog Games, where a programmer named Eliza Bright works. Our story begins when Eliza files a complaint with the CEO for the sexist environment on her team, and the workplace harassment she’s dealing with — soon, she shares her story with the media and is immediately fired. Soon after that, she’s doxxed and her harassment moves from virtual to real life, as a stalker begins physically threatening her. The story is told through the perspective of “we” — the angry group of men — but sometimes it switches to a different “we,” a chorus made up of a community of queer people called the Sixsterhood. I won’t give too much more away, but the structure of the novel is so inventive and creative. A. E. Osworth’s debut speaks to the dangers of radicalization of white men on the internet — but also how it can be a place for queer people and others to find community and solidarity. A modern, feminist thriller about the dangers of the internet.