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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
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!
Excellent book. I loved every minute of it! What a fantastic commentary on social media and our "need" to be seen. I enjoyed how it alternated between the two characters and in their timeline. Highly recommended!
I did think the ending could have had a bit more too it. It basically explained what happened at the end and the years beyond instead of giving us more. However, despite this, I was not disappointed.
The part of the book that really resonated with me was when "seeing people looking up and not at their screens" seemed like an anomaly. That's how it is these days, isn't it? Will this book make me put my tablet or phone down and post less on social media? Probably not. However, it may make me think twice about some things.
I did think the ending could have had a bit more too it. It basically explained what happened at the end and the years beyond instead of giving us more. However, despite this, I was not disappointed.
The part of the book that really resonated with me was when "seeing people looking up and not at their screens" seemed like an anomaly. That's how it is these days, isn't it? Will this book make me put my tablet or phone down and post less on social media? Probably not. However, it may make me think twice about some things.
"Followers" reads like Mean Girls on steroids and I don't mean this in a good way.
Umm, no. It's not a "darkly funny" story. Honestly, this novel feels... juvenile. I mean, what? An internet terrorism from Russia? Clock stopping at 6:66? Technology so advanced and new talents appearing like mushrooms in the rainy season in the year 2051 but people always play Brahms like there have been no newer classical musicians for decades? Two nobodies getting extremely famous within months just from Instagramming and Tweeting when millions other people do the same in NYC? Someone who has an angelic voice AND is skilled in hacking the internet choosing to become a fake-it-all celebrity rather than find employment in the things she's good at?
Huh?
It feels like, you know, the protagonist in Taylor Swift's "You Belong With Me" video writing a book about other people who are more good-looking and popular than her. The narrative wasn't written in good faith and there is this underlying sense that it tries to become something like Black Mirror (but didn't quite reach).
The characters feel like a bunch of caricatures. Everyone is shallow and ridiculously mean. The reason I couldn't give it just one star is because one of the main characters, Orla Cadden, is slightly better written than the other two and I managed to be empathic with her story. However, I suspect that Orla actually is the self-insert character, the one the author relates to the most, and thus she painted Orla Cadden in a more sympathetic, if not better, light than Florence (or Floss, whatever) and Marlow.
(Don't get me started about Florence's/Floss's last-minute reflection and introspection; I didn't buy it at all. AT. ALL.)
...this darkly funny story reminds us that even if we obsess over famous people we’ll never meet, what we really crave is genuine human connection.
Umm, no. It's not a "darkly funny" story. Honestly, this novel feels... juvenile. I mean, what? An internet terrorism from Russia? Clock stopping at 6:66? Technology so advanced and new talents appearing like mushrooms in the rainy season in the year 2051 but people always play Brahms like there have been no newer classical musicians for decades? Two nobodies getting extremely famous within months just from Instagramming and Tweeting when millions other people do the same in NYC? Someone who has an angelic voice AND is skilled in hacking the internet choosing to become a fake-it-all celebrity rather than find employment in the things she's good at?
Huh?
It feels like, you know, the protagonist in Taylor Swift's "You Belong With Me" video writing a book about other people who are more good-looking and popular than her. The narrative wasn't written in good faith and there is this underlying sense that it tries to become something like Black Mirror (but didn't quite reach).
The characters feel like a bunch of caricatures. Everyone is shallow and ridiculously mean. The reason I couldn't give it just one star is because one of the main characters, Orla Cadden, is slightly better written than the other two and I managed to be empathic with her story. However, I suspect that Orla actually is the self-insert character, the one the author relates to the most, and thus she painted Orla Cadden in a more sympathetic, if not better, light than Florence (or Floss, whatever) and Marlow.
(Don't get me started about Florence's/Floss's last-minute reflection and introspection; I didn't buy it at all. AT. ALL.)
⭐️ 4 stars ⭐️
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This book made me want to delete every bit of social media I have.
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This book made me want to delete every bit of social media I have.
4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This was a good story! Slow in some parts but overall pacing was good. It became a page turner during the middle of the book! The plot of of the book was extremely interesting yet unsettling. I’m considering deleting every single bit of social media I have after reading this.
This was a good story! Slow in some parts but overall pacing was good. It became a page turner during the middle of the book! The plot of of the book was extremely interesting yet unsettling. I’m considering deleting every single bit of social media I have after reading this.
This was so good. I can’t stop thinking about it in these Coronavirus days. It’s a quick read and may be obvious to most but I loved the weaving of the stories and figuring out what the spill was and what happened to everyone.
This book is amazing. It's equal parts The Circle, any Palahniuk book, a dash of Nicholas Carr and Sherry Turkle, and an easy beach read. I will recommend it endlessly forever.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
"Followers" by Megan Angelo is a literary fiction novel about life after the private Internet. There is an Internet "leak" that ruins the privatized Internet, which becomes state-controlled to protect people's identity. In addition to the leak, the blue light emitted from LCD monitors, TVs and the ubiquitous smartphone, have scrambled the minds of the older generations causing premature death. "Followers" refer to viewers of celebrity personalities that sell their personal lives, they are filmed constantly at all times by networks for people to tune in and watch, comment on, and gossip about.
I thought the subject and discussion about "posting" our private lives on the Internet and how someone becomes a Internet celebrity in this day and age were all interesting and original themes to explore. I enjoyed the parallel stories between the main characters before and after the leak.
This was a very interesting book about things to consider during modern times and the consequences of the roads we are going down in ten, twenty, fifty years.
I thought the subject and discussion about "posting" our private lives on the Internet and how someone becomes a Internet celebrity in this day and age were all interesting and original themes to explore. I enjoyed the parallel stories between the main characters before and after the leak.
This was a very interesting book about things to consider during modern times and the consequences of the roads we are going down in ten, twenty, fifty years.