Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

A Influencer by Ellery Lloyd

53 reviews

thewellreadlabrador's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Abortion

danaslitlist's review against another edition

medium-paced

2.0

What was the point of this book? Honestly,  what was the point of that ending? Because if this was supposed to be a critique on social media and the dangers of mommy bloggers why the hell would the author attempt to make us sympathize after everything we witnessed? Is that a commentary on how bad guys win? If so even that failed spectacularly.

I’m so mad that I wasted my time but even more mad that this has the bones of a great story but absolutely fumbled everything else 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infertility, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, and Abortion

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

reshyo's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, and Stalking

Moderate: Abortion and Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility

_jchinasa's review against another edition

dark 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

4.5

This satirises the influencer life, where every moment of your life is a piece of content that is marketable and for sale. Every person we meet who is part of the influencer world is presented as fake at best, and morally corrupt at worst. Emmy, meant to represent an inclusive and empowering vision for motherhood, is secretly a privately educated career woman whose every story is borrowed and whose words calculated to provide maximum engagement. She betrays her childhood friend in order to land a new gig. Her assistant Winter steals her influencer gifts and then later sells her photos online. Dan for a long part of the book is presented as a palette cleanser, who wants to give his family a real and authentic life rather than the Instagram version. But when the unthinkable happens, he quickly becomes just as bad as Emmy - selling in his own morality/ desire for privacy in exchange for a second shot at fame and renewed success as a writer. </Spoiler>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: Abortion

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

erinmjustice's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, and Suicide

Moderate: Kidnapping, Stalking, and Abortion

thatlemonadelife's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Miscarriage, Suicide, Stalking, and Abortion

kimveach's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

I really enjoyed learning about being a mega-Instagrammer, as well as the differences between what we like in the USA vs. the UK.  The ending was super creepy but worked.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Drug use, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Excrement and Abortion