Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

A Influencer by Ellery Lloyd

13 reviews

mysterymom40's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Stalking, Torture, Suicide, Gaslighting, and Child abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Bullying, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Miscarriage

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

haleysversion's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Vomit, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicide attempt, Grief, Suicide, Infertility, Murder, Medical trauma, and Stalking

tilda_bookworm's review against another edition

4.0

I really enjoyed this but imagine it could be horrifying and triggering for parents-to-be/new parents so tread carefully. Lots of the reviews here seem harsh and I don't think the average rating reflects this book but maybe it just worked for me in a way that it doesn't work for the masses? I enjoyed all the vile characters and feeling like everybody could turn out to be the real villain

and perhaps they all did!

. I haven't really read many thrillers for a long time so maybe that's why I enjoyed this as much as I did, but I also like the themes around social media and manipulation and whether authenticity can ever be authentic when it's being bought, sold and marketed (or maybe: is there truth under late-stage capitalism?). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Miscarriage, and Child death

Moderate: Excrement, Pregnancy, and Vomit

Minor: Medical content

modernthymes's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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

3.0

I would have given this book a higher rating if not for the ending.

Dan whining about Emmy's job during the whole book (while being financially useless himself) only to have a complete 180 after he's able to take over the account and capitalize on it himself. What a scrub.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Child death, Medical content, Suicide, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Infertility

trhines23's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Abortion, Blood, Body shaming, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical content, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Excrement, Grief, Self harm, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, 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

heatherfielding's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Infertility, Child death, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Grief, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Vomit, Blood, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

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

tesslw's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Child death

Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Suicide, and Kidnapping