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A review by eiffeltyler
Like Me by Hayley Phelan
5.0
WOW! I tore through this debut novel from Hayley Phelan (full disclosure, a former colleague of mine who I very much admire!) in one sitting, desperate to find out what was happening to Mickey. There’s no respite from the creeping dread that something is very, very wrong, the realities of our current social media obsession written in a way that invokes horror. A little bit “Neon Demon,” a little bit “Single White Female,” a little bit “Ingrid Goes West,” Phelan weaves together several thriller threads to create something wholly original in “Like Me.”
It’s a pretty bleak take on the influencer economy and what it means to rely on the kind of external validation that social media provides. You’ll never look at your Instagram feed the same way again.
It’s a pretty bleak take on the influencer economy and what it means to rely on the kind of external validation that social media provides. You’ll never look at your Instagram feed the same way again.