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juliasilge's review against another edition
4.0
I feel like the summaries and blurbs do not really give a good sense of this book. What I think you should know is that this is a speculative novel about data privacy, influencer culture, a SOCIAL MEDIA ARMAGEDDON, and women's friendships. This hits that sweet spot of handling substantive material seriously and being legitimately fun.
victoriaclaire13's review against another edition
funny
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
kathythelibraryteacher's review against another edition
5.0
Enjoyable.
My book club chose this one and I’m pleased that we did. It’s a different kind of near future dystopian story. It feels so possible, so feasible. It’s scary. It’s definitely thought provoking.
My book club chose this one and I’m pleased that we did. It’s a different kind of near future dystopian story. It feels so possible, so feasible. It’s scary. It’s definitely thought provoking.
calmcelebration9888's review against another edition
2.0
This book was just meh to me. I felt the characters and the storyline were just flat I lost interest halfway. The characters just weren’t that compelling to me so I found myself thinking of the Truman Show and thinking that it had a better storyline with better characters. I didn’t particularly like Orla either who I think were supposed to relate to best. I found most of the characters too shallow. Also, I had a real problem with Orla’s obsession with Danny. I’m not sure why but it seemed like she was obsessed with the idea that he saw her first and so somehow he belonged to her, which is such a teenage mindset. I did feel bad in the parts describing her college experience, but beyond that, I wasn’t too sympathetic with her character.
The book is about two women. Marlon, who is stuck in a Truman show and Orla, an aspiring novelist, stuck writing blogs about celebrities. Orla meets Floss, who is desperate to be a star and they hatch a plot on how to raise her stardom.
The book is about two women. Marlon, who is stuck in a Truman show and Orla, an aspiring novelist, stuck writing blogs about celebrities. Orla meets Floss, who is desperate to be a star and they hatch a plot on how to raise her stardom.
_rachelreads_'s review against another edition
3.0
Reading this right now as we're all experiencing something we've never seen before was eerie: Followers contemplates another type of future, one in which the consequences of us living our lives online comes back to haunt each and every one of us. This was a quick read and a captivating and unnerving exploration of the consequences of how much of our lives we live online, clamoring for influence and attention.
coffee_kindle's review against another edition
4.0
A really well written satirical, dystopian view of social media, with so many nods & references to contemporary characters.
I enjoyed the story, almost Truman show-esque version of the future (2051) after 'The Spill' in contrast to how social media is consumed in modern day (2015) the pitfalls of trying to be internet famous, against living your life for the followers.
Definitely worth the read, the characters are well rounded and honest for their time and an interesting take on a dystopian future with female leads.
I enjoyed the story, almost Truman show-esque version of the future (2051) after 'The Spill' in contrast to how social media is consumed in modern day (2015) the pitfalls of trying to be internet famous, against living your life for the followers.
Definitely worth the read, the characters are well rounded and honest for their time and an interesting take on a dystopian future with female leads.
hecksyeah's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
slpugs's review against another edition
1.0
I got about 80% of the way finished, it had already been a month since I started it and I just couldn't go on. It was truly awful. I didn't care about a single character, I didn't care about the world, and I didn't care what happened. I dreaded opening this up to read it every night and I just couldn't do another page ughhh
ruberryreads's review against another edition
medium-paced
3.75
I liked the book; with the different timelines it was fun that I preferred Orla's at first and then was more interested in Marlow's story. Interesting about fame/influencing and how that all works
liketheday's review against another edition
5.0
Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh. This book made me extraordinarily anxious, in the best way, such that although I wanted sleep I wasn't going to get any unless I finished this book at midnight instead. I love a book that swaps narrators and time periods, and the author did an amazing job of doling out details in each section that kept me guessing, confirmed my suspicions, and gave me new suspicions to worry about. Especially reading on a Kindle, it was so easy to be like, hey, this chapter's only nine minutes long, I can read this... oh, hey, the next chapter's only ten minutes long, I could do just one more... straight through until the end.
The story itself is so creepily possible, especially with the main characters being just about my age both actually (in the present-ish time period) and relatively (in the future time period) and thus everything seeming very relevant to me personally. I spent the first half of this year tapering off my social media usage, but was considering going back to it because pandemic and lack of communication with loved ones, but, you know, I could also just never pick up my phone again, that would be pretty okay actually, I'll talk to humans again someday.
Oh, and weirdest trigger warning I'll ever give, but it certainly gave me some feels I didn't want to feel -- at the very very end you will find that this book posits (without actually saying it explicitly) that a certain someone or at least a very very similar someone is still president in 2051 and I just... can't.
The story itself is so creepily possible, especially with the main characters being just about my age both actually (in the present-ish time period) and relatively (in the future time period) and thus everything seeming very relevant to me personally. I spent the first half of this year tapering off my social media usage, but was considering going back to it because pandemic and lack of communication with loved ones, but, you know, I could also just never pick up my phone again, that would be pretty okay actually, I'll talk to humans again someday.
Oh, and weirdest trigger warning I'll ever give, but it certainly gave me some feels I didn't want to feel -- at the very very end you will find that this book posits (without actually saying it explicitly) that a certain someone or at least a very very similar someone is still president in 2051 and I just... can't.