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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
This sparkling new addition to the dystopian genre is an ultra-modern meditation on privacy, friendship, love, and loneliness, but at its heart it’s about the need to be seen. Set alternately in our screen-addicted present where two young women are trying to make it in New York City, and an Orwellian future where celebrities are assigned and the internet is government-run, this novel takes our obsessions with over-sharing, fame, and influencer culture to their logical and disturbing conclusions. Told with razor sharp writing, empathy, humor, and well-crafted storylines that take you in from beginning to satisfying end, this brilliant debut is a must-read for fans of sci-fi, reality TV and dystopian novels.
I couldn't get into this - and was annoyed by the characters throughout most of the novel. I'm not sure if the actual potential for this to be our future was part of the issue or just the unlikable people within. There is redemption at the end, but it's almost too late.
I received this as an ARC from Goodreads.
I received this as an ARC from Goodreads.
Sometimes some good ol’ plot-driven speculative fiction hits the spot. Half a point off for some fat phobia.
I thought this was a great read, although I found the first half more exciting then the second.
I love dystopian and the worlds that authors come up with and this was a cool, and seemingly very creepily real one.
Great read!
I love dystopian and the worlds that authors come up with and this was a cool, and seemingly very creepily real one.
Great read!
I devoured this book. It's rare to have a book that is this thoroughly engrossing on a story/character level while still being incredibly thought-provoking. "The Followers" strikes an impressive balance, giving us readers lot of food for thought on technology, fame, social media, and female relationships--and in fact, making pretty important arguments about them--but never feeling didactic. The book is dark and haunting (I don't know if I can look at the blue light on my phone the same way) but also, at moments, laugh-out-loud funny. It also completely stuck the landing, which, considering the book's 40-year scope and alternating POVs, is quite impressive.
Luisterboek
Het einde voelde een beetje afgeraffeld, maar het verhaal vond ik heel interresant!
Het einde voelde een beetje afgeraffeld, maar het verhaal vond ik heel interresant!