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Followers
by Megan Angelo
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This had me hooked right from the start! The synopsis sounded so interesting - a story with a dual timeline with a dystopian vibe - I just had to know what had happened.
I thought both timelines were really captivating. The present-ish day one follows Orla & Floss as they are determined to be famous. As they go from blogger & influencer to reality tv personalities, we get the dark side of their type of fame - what they have to do to get there & stay there, how fake & scripted everything is, and how fleeting everything is. Contrasting with that is Marlow’s timeline 35 years later. She lives in Constellation & is a government appointed celebrity. The internet as we know it no longer exists, and these celebrities are filmed almost every hour of the day, living their lives as juicy storylines & long running advertisements beamed out to their millions of followers.
I found the present day timeline to be really gripping as we go closer and closer to the event that changes everything. It’s dark and Orla & Floss are not likeable characters. I found the future timeline to be fascinating, to see a version of the future so similar but so different to our current day. This piece of speculative fiction was truly entertaining & thought provoking.
I thought both timelines were really captivating. The present-ish day one follows Orla & Floss as they are determined to be famous. As they go from blogger & influencer to reality tv personalities, we get the dark side of their type of fame - what they have to do to get there & stay there, how fake & scripted everything is, and how fleeting everything is. Contrasting with that is Marlow’s timeline 35 years later. She lives in Constellation & is a government appointed celebrity. The internet as we know it no longer exists, and these celebrities are filmed almost every hour of the day, living their lives as juicy storylines & long running advertisements beamed out to their millions of followers.
I found the present day timeline to be really gripping as we go closer and closer to the event that changes everything. It’s dark and Orla & Floss are not likeable characters. I found the future timeline to be fascinating, to see a version of the future so similar but so different to our current day. This piece of speculative fiction was truly entertaining & thought provoking.