Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

People Like Her by Ellery Lloyd

15 reviews

leahlovesloslibros's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.0

When [Instagram influencer] "Instamum" Emmy starts to really make it big on social media, her life starts slowly spiraling out of control. She thinks she has it all figured out: the follower count, the timed posts, the #ads, even the dreaded algorithm. What she doesn't know is that there is one person who is following her a little too closely, slowly plotting her demise, and she will stop at nothing to orchestrate Emmy's fall from social media royalty.

This book is definitely dark and twisty. There were some plot twists that I kind of saw, but a good handful of them I didn't quite figure out. I liked hearing from three individuals' points of view. I didn't really like Emmy's character, although maybe we weren't supposed to? She was a bit too contrived and cringe-y for me, for lack of a better term. I think it's because often I find influencers in real life to be this way, so it just translated over to the book. The authors did a great job of portraying that influencer attitude, though, so props to them. This book makes you really consider the dangers of a constant online presence, which is something that nearly everyone nowadays can relate to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicide, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Miscarriage, and Abortion

Minor: Infertility and Medical content

Additional TW/CW: brief Harry Potter reference

tesslw's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Medical content

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicide, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

beca_reads's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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

4.5

This book explored the exploitive nature of families online. We follow a mother who runs an Instagram account documenting her life as a mother of two children. The catch is she isn't very truthful and plays up for the camera to gain popularity and be relatable. We also get the point of view of her husband a writer who is trying to write his second book. He is wary of putting their kids online and has suggested this to his wife. Lastly we have the point of view of a stalker we don't know who this is and leaves you guessing throughout the book which I really liked. The Stalker has had a past with the mother and now wants revenge and will go to extreme lengths to do so. Overall, this is a really good book, and one of its kind. I felt the writing was quite wooden at times, this may have been due to the authors info dumping about social media. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicide, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Stalking

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, Miscarriage, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, and Pregnancy

queenofsheba's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• 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: Child abuse, Child death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Stalking