Reviews tagging 'Death'

A Influencer by Ellery Lloyd

28 reviews

libras's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Suicide, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cursing, Death, Miscarriage, and Vomit

trhines23's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

selene_nyxly's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

0.25

While I loved the idea of a thriller that focused on social media, the author handles heartbreaking topics involving child loss in a way that is flippant at best and callous at worst. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, and Stalking

tspice24's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Death, Infertility, and Miscarriage

Minor: Suicide

kels24's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Minor: Toxic friendship and Alcohol

heatherfielding's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

geno's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

“Sorry, the Sisterhood, but when it comes to online life, mothers just don’t respond well to other mothers’ success”

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"La influencer" es un thriller entretenido acerca de gente horrenda que no se da cuenta que lo es. Juega con la hipocresía y la moralidad de los personajes, donde de acuerdo a quién cuenta cada parte, se ven como héroes o villanos.

El libro maneja tres puntos de vista, Emmy, una influencer bastante insufrible, su marido Dan, un escritor venido a menos y una tercera persona que busca venganza. El ritmo y la construcción de la historia son perfectos, hay cierto encanto en ir descubriendo como todo se conecta y toma forma. La tensión toma peso pasada la mitad del libro, donde algunas vueltas de la historia nos hacen dar cuenta que hay una trama secundaria que se venía gestando.

En general es un libro que me gustó mucho, mantiene el interés y la tensión, se siente que hay cosas en riesgo. Hay varios llamados de atención a las redes sociales y aunque los autores plantean cosas en contra de las mismas, también hablan de los puntos a favor.

Si debo criticar algo, el desenlace, si bien es interesante, se siente como si sucedió de pura casualidad. Hay cierta lección en eso y apoya los comentarios de los personajes, pero esperaba un poquito más.

En cuanto al final en sí, es posible que haya lectores que no lo sientan "ganado", personalmente me funcionó, especialmente el último punto de vista, pero es un cliché que es posible que no todos disfruten.

Mención aparte merece la traducción, muy acertada en detalles como los hashtag, la jerga de redes sociales, los nombres de usuario e incluso el nombre de uno de los hijos de los protagonistas (Bear en el original, León en la traducción). Podría haber sido una traducción literal y dejar esos elementos perdidos pero se nota el cuidado de la edición en eso.

Volvería a leer más de esta dupla autoral, aunque tengo cierto temor que quieran hacer una segunda parte de este libro.

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A thriller about terrible people, social media, and obsession.
I can't believe this book made me cheer for the "evil character" at some point -even if all the characters are morally grey and all-around awful people-.

It was a super fun read, with 3 alternating viewpoints working in perfect sync. I liked how the story unfolds and we discover the full picture. Some things I was expecting but others were a nice surprise, the final twists are cleverly plotted.

The end was... something. It worked for me but it might not land with some readers. I don't see it as a drama as much as a satire to show us how hypocritical the people are. 

That being said, this book has a lot of great things to say about social media and public figures. Yes, it's sarcastic in some points but if you idolize influencer culture, this might feel like an attack.

Overall I really enjoyed this book and I would read from this author again. It was well-written and had great pacing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Child death, Death, and Suicide

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

bookishbecky's review against another edition

4.0

I read this book in a day, once I picked it up I just couldn't put it down without finding out how it ended.

This book gives an uncomfortable look at social media influences and commentary on society's obsession with how things look and how much of what is put online is believed. 

Following 3 characters - the influencer Emmy, her husband Dan and the unknown character who blames Emmy for their tragedy. We see how Emmy's obsession with posting online puts her and her family at increasing risk of actual harm. 

I found the writing and story intense, compelling and uncomfortable in equal measure. This is definitely a couldn't put it down read. 

This book comes with a lot of triggers so please look them up before picking up this book. 

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicide, and Grief

marie_is_reading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, and Stalking

Moderate: Miscarriage, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Alcoholism