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A Influencer by Ellery Lloyd

7 reviews

ju_harue's review

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

O thriller em si, não curti tanto, tinha potencial mas não me pegou tanto, acho que não foi tão bem trabalhado quanto almejou ser em algumas formas dos desenrolar dos fatos.
Porém as discussões sobre redes sociais, os impactos que os influenciadores podem exercer nas vidas dos seguidores, a exposição, o que é verdade e o que acaba sendo o trabalho; isso achei bem colocado, a um ponto de questionar sobre o que consumimos meio automaticamente, como refletem em nós e o que iremos expor. A construção dos personagens achei um tanto quanto confusa, me pareceu querer abordar vários tópicos e características que algumas vezes se divergiam em outras atitudes dos mesmos, fiquei com a impressão que queria abraçar muitas coisas e nao tinha necessidade de tanto.
Em resumo, não foi um livro incrível pra mim, mas também não foi horrível. Tem vários gatilhos que deixarei listados no Storygraph para quem tiver sensibilidade (e que podem ser spoilers).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Pregnancy, Violence, Death, Child death, Medical content, Miscarriage, Abortion, Death of parent, Hate crime, Stalking, Torture, Medical trauma, and Suicide

Moderate: Grief, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Mental illness, Blood, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Infidelity, and Eating disorder

libras's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abortion, Suicide, Alcoholism, Child death, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cursing, Death, Miscarriage, and Vomit

kimveach's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I really enjoyed learning about being a mega-Instagrammer, as well as the differences between what we like in the USA vs. the UK.  The ending was super creepy but worked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Confinement

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Infertility, Kidnapping, and Medical content

Minor: Excrement and Abortion

han936's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Abortion

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, and Drug use

Minor: Excrement, Grief, Infertility, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

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. 

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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 reference

dramaqueentears's review against another edition

mysterious reflective fast-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

3.25

Emmy Jackson is an Instagram influencer who goes by Mamabare. She posts all the time, giving vague but enthusiastic advice like, “you’ve got this, mama!” Her account is scattered with photos of her daughter Coco pretending to have fun and sponsored ads pushing toilet paper brands. Her husband Dan is an author who hasn’t published anything in eight years. 

Let me just say this: I knew I wouldn’t like either Emmy or Dan as soon as I learned that their kids are named Coco and Bear. They’re both terrible people. Emmy is horrible because her account is a huge lie and she has no problem putting her kids at risk for her fame. Dan is horrible because he calls himself an author even though he doesn’t write and whines to his wife 24/7 even though he’s only contributed maybe $10 to their finances in eight years and doesn’t do late night feeds.

I don’t mind horrible main characters but the villain was hard to sympathize with. The ending was so anti-climactic and almost unbelievable. I am sitting wondering to myself, “What was even the point of that?” Otherwise though, I liked the premise and the plot was creative. I would probably give the authors another chance!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Medical trauma, Suicide, Miscarriage, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcoholism

Minor: Abortion

marie_is_reading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Abortion, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcoholism