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sarahmarie094's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Emmy makes a living in the way that millions of hopefuls would love to - as a social media influencer posting her super relatable day-to-day life for anyone on the internet to see. Or is it her real life? In actuality, everything on Emmy's MamaBare accounts is perfectly planned months in advance, down to any grammatical errors in her captions. She has a wealth of parenting knowledge on every topic under the sun, which makes her an expert to be trusted in the eyes of many of her devoted followers. What happens when Emmy's advice turns out to be devastatingly wrong? Just how far is she willing to go to make a name for herself?
This fast-paced contemporary read is told from Emmy's perspective, her discouraged-writer-turned-unwilling-"PapaBare" husband Dan's perspective, and the perspective of an unknown individual with a dark motive. It keeps readers guessing until the end when everything gets squared away in the last 50 pages. Or does it?
This fast-paced contemporary read is told from Emmy's perspective, her discouraged-writer-turned-unwilling-"PapaBare" husband Dan's perspective, and the perspective of an unknown individual with a dark motive. It keeps readers guessing until the end when everything gets squared away in the last 50 pages. Or does it?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Stalking and Suicide
Minor: Abortion and Infertility
leahlovesloslibros's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
When [Instagram influencer] "Instamum" Emmy starts to really make it big on social media, her life starts slowly spiraling out of control. She thinks she has it all figured out: the follower count, the timed posts, the #ads, even the dreaded algorithm. What she doesn't know is that there is one person who is following her a little too closely, slowly plotting her demise, and she will stop at nothing to orchestrate Emmy's fall from social media royalty.
This book is definitely dark and twisty. There were some plot twists that I kind of saw, but a good handful of them I didn't quite figure out. I liked hearing from three individuals' points of view. I didn't really like Emmy's character, although maybe we weren't supposed to? She was a bit too contrived and cringe-y for me, for lack of a better term. I think it's because often I find influencers in real life to be this way, so it just translated over to the book. The authors did a great job of portraying that influencer attitude, though, so props to them. This book makes you really consider the dangers of a constant online presence, which is something that nearly everyone nowadays can relate to.
This book is definitely dark and twisty. There were some plot twists that I kind of saw, but a good handful of them I didn't quite figure out. I liked hearing from three individuals' points of view. I didn't really like Emmy's character, although maybe we weren't supposed to? She was a bit too contrived and cringe-y for me, for lack of a better term. I think it's because often I find influencers in real life to be this way, so it just translated over to the book. The authors did a great job of portraying that influencer attitude, though, so props to them. This book makes you really consider the dangers of a constant online presence, which is something that nearly everyone nowadays can relate to.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, Stalking, and Suicide
Moderate: Abortion, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, and Miscarriage
Minor: Infertility and Medical content
Additional TW/CW: brief Harry Potter referenceelaineplack's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, Suicide, and Murder
Moderate: Infertility and Kidnapping
Minor: Bullying
nicole_zx's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, and Suicide
Moderate: Infertility, Stalking, and Kidnapping
Minor: Abortion
bookishbecky's review against another edition
4.0
I read this book in a day, once I picked it up I just couldn't put it down without finding out how it ended.
This book gives an uncomfortable look at social media influences and commentary on society's obsession with how things look and how much of what is put online is believed.
Following 3 characters - the influencer Emmy, her husband Dan and the unknown character who blames Emmy for their tragedy. We see how Emmy's obsession with posting online puts her and her family at increasing risk of actual harm.
I found the writing and story intense, compelling and uncomfortable in equal measure. This is definitely a couldn't put it down read.
This book comes with a lot of triggers so please look them up before picking up this book.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
This book gives an uncomfortable look at social media influences and commentary on society's obsession with how things look and how much of what is put online is believed.
Following 3 characters - the influencer Emmy, her husband Dan and the unknown character who blames Emmy for their tragedy. We see how Emmy's obsession with posting online puts her and her family at increasing risk of actual harm.
I found the writing and story intense, compelling and uncomfortable in equal measure. This is definitely a couldn't put it down read.
This book comes with a lot of triggers so please look them up before picking up this book.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Death, Grief, Infertility, and Miscarriage
erinhanso's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility, Child abuse, Child death, and Stalking
Minor: Abortion
caris's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility, Child death, Suicide, and Miscarriage
beca_reads's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
This book explored the exploitive nature of families online. We follow a mother who runs an Instagram account documenting her life as a mother of two children. The catch is she isn't very truthful and plays up for the camera to gain popularity and be relatable. We also get the point of view of her husband a writer who is trying to write his second book. He is wary of putting their kids online and has suggested this to his wife. Lastly we have the point of view of a stalker we don't know who this is and leaves you guessing throughout the book which I really liked. The Stalker has had a past with the mother and now wants revenge and will go to extreme lengths to do so. Overall, this is a really good book, and one of its kind. I felt the writing was quite wooden at times, this may have been due to the authors info dumping about social media.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Infertility, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Stalking, and Suicide
cactuscloudsreads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
I hated it. I hated the characters. I hated the ending. The ending felt rushed and I literally had to keep flipping back to see if I had missed a page because very important details were not clear. As a mother who just chose to delete a social account with 55,000 plus followers I had hoped to read this book with some solidarity. Instead, I found myself reliving PTSD moments of motherhood NOT related to social media at all. I powered through it because at that point I was hoping for a happy ending. Was it worth it? I don’t know. Overall, the characters were basically horrible human beings, written to be exactly that, but it was the twists at the end that literally turned my stomach and left me wondering if I would be having PTSD nightmares. On BOTM this had a trigger warning of child abuse, but I wish it had a trigger warning about how graphic the descriptions were. I would not have read it at all if I had been warned.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Stalking, Self harm, Child abuse, and Confinement
Minor: Abortion and Infertility
signediza's review against another edition
Boringgggg and confusing.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage, Abortion, Infertility, and Child death