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lianareadsblog's review
3.0
A very quick read and interesting overall but unfortunately it lacked a lot for me regarding unveiling the layers of a thriller or suspense with more substance.
This book brings awareness of the social media interaction and how this changes our life in better but mostly in a bad way as obsessive behaviour can be found early in persons affected by it.
Enjoyable at times, good writing and interesting overall but lacks in mystery for me.
Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for my review copy.
This book brings awareness of the social media interaction and how this changes our life in better but mostly in a bad way as obsessive behaviour can be found early in persons affected by it.
Enjoyable at times, good writing and interesting overall but lacks in mystery for me.
Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for my review copy.
mandylovestoread's review
3.0
Click by L Smyth shows the scary side of the online world, in particular social media. Do you really know who you are talking to? This was a quick read but I did find at times the story was a bit drawn out. I had an idea of what the secret was fairly early on - not exactly but I was in the right area. I enjoyed this book but I expected a but more from the story.
Eva is starting university and wants a fresh start. She is desperate for real friends and a new life. But this is harder than it sounds for her and soon finds herself online stalking her classmates. She feels herself drawn to Marina in particular. She becomes obsessed with her and is determined to become friends with her. But Marina is not all that she seems online and their friendship only lasts a few months. But she will spend the rest of her life suffering from it.
Thanks to Harper Impulse and Killer Reads and Netgalley for my advanced copy of this book to read. All opinions are my own and are in no way biased.
Eva is starting university and wants a fresh start. She is desperate for real friends and a new life. But this is harder than it sounds for her and soon finds herself online stalking her classmates. She feels herself drawn to Marina in particular. She becomes obsessed with her and is determined to become friends with her. But Marina is not all that she seems online and their friendship only lasts a few months. But she will spend the rest of her life suffering from it.
Thanks to Harper Impulse and Killer Reads and Netgalley for my advanced copy of this book to read. All opinions are my own and are in no way biased.
ebosma's review
DNF...It just didn't get up to speed, felt like a struggle to keep reading..
slbeckmann's review
3.0
Thank you to Harper Impulse and Killer Reads, and NetGalley, for an ARC of this book, in exchange for an honest review.
This book shines a spotlight on the scary side of the online world, and particularly on social media. Eva is from a small town and desperately wants to reinvent herself upon starting university. However, as we all know, we take ourselves with us wherever we go, so of course Eva doesn't find it easy to get her fresh start. Instead, she starts cyberstalking her classmates, and is particularly obsessed with Marina. The two of them become best friends in real life - or do they? Marina is not all she seems, whether online or in real life. The friendship lasts only a few months, but Eva will have to deal with the repercussions for the rest of her life.
I found both of the main characters intensely unlikeable, but the book was well-written - just a bit long and drawn-out in parts. I expected a bit more from the story.
This book shines a spotlight on the scary side of the online world, and particularly on social media. Eva is from a small town and desperately wants to reinvent herself upon starting university. However, as we all know, we take ourselves with us wherever we go, so of course Eva doesn't find it easy to get her fresh start. Instead, she starts cyberstalking her classmates, and is particularly obsessed with Marina. The two of them become best friends in real life - or do they? Marina is not all she seems, whether online or in real life. The friendship lasts only a few months, but Eva will have to deal with the repercussions for the rest of her life.
I found both of the main characters intensely unlikeable, but the book was well-written - just a bit long and drawn-out in parts. I expected a bit more from the story.
hannahrox23's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.5
ruthparker16's review
4.0
This book opens your eyes to the terrifying world of social media and online presence. It is easy to forget that everything you put online stays there forever, accessible by many more than you realise.
Eva is a new university student, struggling to make friends on her course. She is a little strange and people are turned off by her and her attitudes. Until she makes friends with Marina, someone even more weird than herself. She soon starts to hang out with Marina and her friends and becomes obsessive over their relationship. During Christmas break, Eva doesn't hear much from Marina and decides to embark on her own extra curricular activity - internet dating. She creates a profile bu decides to use Marina's image instead of her own. Soon things get out of hand and she decides to delete the profile, worried about what might happen when Marina finds out. But she never will. Because Marina died before the profile was even created. Eva is suddenly thrust into a world she never thought possible, where people believe the worst in her by pretending to be a dead girl and even thinking she perhaps had something to do with Marina's death.
This book was labelled as a psychological thriller, which I understand, however I felt like the term thriller is used quite loosely. For me there is no big reveal and very few twists and turns. Instead this is a social commentary on internet usage and goes on to show that no one is safe from what happens online.
I enjoyed the book, despite the fact that i didn't like the main character. I found Eva very annoying and unlikable and I found myself frustrated with her actions and wondering how she thought she might be doing the right thing. At any point. To me it was clear she was being foolish, but she didn't seem to understand the repercussions of her actions. In fact, none of the characters are likable. Henry is despicable. Marina is awful. I just wanted to shake all of their privilege out of them and set them down to work their way up from the bottom of the ladder.
The unlikable characters didn't ruin the story, however and I felt that it was in fact believable and the ending was a great... twist, for want of a better word. To me it wasn't a twist. I felt like it was set up from near the start and it was very predictable, but I guess twist is the word to use!
Eva is a new university student, struggling to make friends on her course. She is a little strange and people are turned off by her and her attitudes. Until she makes friends with Marina, someone even more weird than herself. She soon starts to hang out with Marina and her friends and becomes obsessive over their relationship. During Christmas break, Eva doesn't hear much from Marina and decides to embark on her own extra curricular activity - internet dating. She creates a profile bu decides to use Marina's image instead of her own. Soon things get out of hand and she decides to delete the profile, worried about what might happen when Marina finds out. But she never will. Because Marina died before the profile was even created. Eva is suddenly thrust into a world she never thought possible, where people believe the worst in her by pretending to be a dead girl and even thinking she perhaps had something to do with Marina's death.
This book was labelled as a psychological thriller, which I understand, however I felt like the term thriller is used quite loosely. For me there is no big reveal and very few twists and turns. Instead this is a social commentary on internet usage and goes on to show that no one is safe from what happens online.
I enjoyed the book, despite the fact that i didn't like the main character. I found Eva very annoying and unlikable and I found myself frustrated with her actions and wondering how she thought she might be doing the right thing. At any point. To me it was clear she was being foolish, but she didn't seem to understand the repercussions of her actions. In fact, none of the characters are likable. Henry is despicable. Marina is awful. I just wanted to shake all of their privilege out of them and set them down to work their way up from the bottom of the ladder.
The unlikable characters didn't ruin the story, however and I felt that it was in fact believable and the ending was a great... twist, for want of a better word. To me it wasn't a twist. I felt like it was set up from near the start and it was very predictable, but I guess twist is the word to use!
nietzschesghost's review
2.0
For some reason I always seem to be drawn to thrillers involving the internet or social media; I think it's the ambiguity of it all and the fact that it's a playground where many weirdos congregate, so when I discovered Click it appeared to be right up my street. Unfortunately, it failed to live up to expectations due to poor execution. If I'm brutally honest I found it extremely boring as it's far too long and drawn out; maybe tightening up of the text would've made a difference. The author did, however, create an ominous, creepy atmosphere at certain points throughout, which I did appreciate.
The story highlights the potential for crazies to cause issues for people on the internet, and our main character, Eva, shows how cyberstalking, obsession and manipulation is rife due to the protection anonymity brings. The cast are all intensely unlikeable, so if you need likeable characters to enjoy a book this may not be a good fit. If you enjoy psychological thrillers with unreliable narrators then this is worth checking out, but I can't say I had fun reading it.
Many thanks to Killer Reads for an ARC.
The story highlights the potential for crazies to cause issues for people on the internet, and our main character, Eva, shows how cyberstalking, obsession and manipulation is rife due to the protection anonymity brings. The cast are all intensely unlikeable, so if you need likeable characters to enjoy a book this may not be a good fit. If you enjoy psychological thrillers with unreliable narrators then this is worth checking out, but I can't say I had fun reading it.
Many thanks to Killer Reads for an ARC.
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