Reviews tagging 'Grief'

A Influencer by Ellery Lloyd

22 reviews

kels24's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Child death, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Violence, Infertility, Grief, Death, Pregnancy, and Medical trauma

Minor: Toxic friendship and Alcohol

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

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

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Death, Grief, Infertility, and Miscarriage

saadiasreads's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Suicide, Miscarriage, Grief, Stalking, and Kidnapping

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

irisheyz77's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Grief, Medical content, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Stalking, Suicide, Vomit, and Abortion

stevie's review against another edition

dark tense 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Stalking, and Suicide

alyreadsbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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, Suicide, Stalking, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Abortion, Child abuse, Death, and Grief