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Julie Chan is Dead: 'An absolute masterpiece' Stylist by Liann Zhang, Liann Zhang
128 reviews
This book was wild! The main theme was a satire on the world of influencers. Julie takes over the social life of her estranged twin Chloe after finding her dead. The first half addresses Julie becoming an influencer and falling into the entitlement trap, and the second half is where it becomes unhinged as Julie learns about the cult of the Belladonnas. My main problem with the book was I thought the book could have condensed some of the storyline as the point of it being a satire on social media was very obvious.
Graphic: Animal death, Torture, Murder
Moderate: Racism, Sexual content, Gaslighting
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death
Graphic: Animal death, Death
Moderate: Suicide
Ps Beware the content warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Dementia, Car accident, Abortion, Gaslighting, Classism
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Classism
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Racism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Classism
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Miscarriage, Blood, Alcohol
Minor: Sexual assault, Vomit, Car accident
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Suicide
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Miscarriage, Grief, Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Car accident
It’s very relatable now that we have influencers on all social media platforms. I would watch a movie of the book.
Graphic: Gore, Miscarriage, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Grief
Minor: Slavery, Vomit, Car accident, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol
Julie is not a likable main character. In fact, she’s kind of the worst.
And yet?? I could not stop listening to her story. Her spiral is slow, calculated, and just so hard to look away from. A real train wreck. 🚂 💥
The audiobook was incredible—the narrator really brought Julie to life. Her voice shifted and evolved as Julie unraveled, and the way she portrayed the other characters made it SO obvious how vapid and ridiculous these people were. It added a whole extra layer of immersion.
There were moments I genuinely thought, “Okay… maybe she’s learning something,” and then the end hit and I was just NOPE, I guess not? Not sharing spoilers, but… girl. 🙃
And the twist with the mouse?? My jaw was on. the. floor. I had to pause and replay it just to make sure I heard it right. That made my stomach turn… in a good way?
The influencer angle was definitely over-the-top in place…Like, I don’t actually think anyone goes that far to maintain an image, but it worked. The satire hit hard. This was curated chaos wrapped in designer trauma and I devoured it. I just love stories about influencers. I don’t know why but it’s addictive. Tell me I’m not alone here!
I finished this book feeling so many things. Not wrecked exactly, not hollow either… just emotionally scrambled in the best way.
Would I reread it? Probably not (I’m not a rereader), but I’ll be thinking about it for a long time.
Read this if you love influencer drama, morally grey (maybe morally DARK) women making VERY bad choices, or if you’re obsessed with shows like Secret Lives of Mormon Wives and want to see that culty, high-gloss darkness on the page.
4 stars. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Please someone read this so I can scream about it in detail.
📱💅💀
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Infertility, Racism, Vomit, Toxic friendship