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A review by wintrovia
People Like Her by Ellery Lloyd
4.0
People Like Her is both an interesting look into the world of social media influencer and a decent thriller. Emmy is a top-tier mumstagram minor celebrity and as the story progresses you get a deeper look behind the trivial and bland social media personality and find out what she's really like. This disconnect between her online persona and her real-life creates most of the conflict in the story and leads to a page-turning finish.
I mostly enjoyed reading this book and found it interesting to read a story that addresses the way social media is affecting our lives and how influencers have sprung up and now are part of popular culture.
The thriller aspects of the story are very slow to build and at times it's closer to a long essay about influencer culture and the perils of the internet. I did find myself pulled in towards the end though and was keen to keep reading to find out how it would all play out. The ending involved a dramatic and unlikely change of heart from one of the key characters which I found a little bit unbelievable but otherwise it was a satisfying conclusion.
I'd recommend this book to anyone that's concerned about the impact of social media and likes domestic thrillers.
I mostly enjoyed reading this book and found it interesting to read a story that addresses the way social media is affecting our lives and how influencers have sprung up and now are part of popular culture.
The thriller aspects of the story are very slow to build and at times it's closer to a long essay about influencer culture and the perils of the internet. I did find myself pulled in towards the end though and was keen to keep reading to find out how it would all play out. The ending involved a dramatic and unlikely change of heart from one of the key characters which I found a little bit unbelievable but otherwise it was a satisfying conclusion.
I'd recommend this book to anyone that's concerned about the impact of social media and likes domestic thrillers.