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A review by xavia
Influencer Island by Kyle Rutkin
4.0
What to say about this book?
It's premise is very interesting, and I can say with certainty that if anything like this happened in real life, millions of people would absolutely be tuning in to watch. Even if they shouldn't.
The format of the book is that of a podcast transcript, which means it takes some getting used to. There are parts where two threads are happening simultaneously, and there isn't a paragraph break between them. Still, I think this was an incredibly cool concept and the execution wasn't bad. I think adding in some of the tweets or comments between chapters would have also been a really cool touch.
The only thing that deterred it from being a 5 star read for me is the ending. I can't help but feel it was all rather mundane and nonsensical. The reasons for the island fell flat to me. I guess I can kinda see what we were going for, and it's clear all of these people are or were unhinged, but I was expecting something bigger, and I didn't get it.
Still it was a lot of fun. I'm interested in the other books in this vein.
It's premise is very interesting, and I can say with certainty that if anything like this happened in real life, millions of people would absolutely be tuning in to watch. Even if they shouldn't.
The format of the book is that of a podcast transcript, which means it takes some getting used to. There are parts where two threads are happening simultaneously, and there isn't a paragraph break between them. Still, I think this was an incredibly cool concept and the execution wasn't bad. I think adding in some of the tweets or comments between chapters would have also been a really cool touch.
The only thing that deterred it from being a 5 star read for me is the ending. I can't help but feel it was all rather mundane and nonsensical. The reasons for the island fell flat to me. I guess I can kinda see what we were going for, and it's clear all of these people are or were unhinged, but I was expecting something bigger, and I didn't get it.
Still it was a lot of fun. I'm interested in the other books in this vein.