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memorysnow reviewed Followers by Megan Angelo

Review of 'Followers' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

Covering the issue of our addiction to technology and social media, and the implications of sharing all of our most personal details with corporations who don't hold our privacy in their best interests, [a:Megan Angelo|18044292|Megan Angelo|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1565558563p2/18044292.jpg] imagines a catastrophic privacy breach that results in the collapse of the internet as we know it today. The resulting dystopia brings a government-controlled internet and a Truman Show-style media outlet that encourages Americans to resume their habit of following social influencers and oversharing their own details--all for their own protection, of course. It's an enjoyably ambitious story that makes some very good points, but it was flawed enough on execution to break my suspension of disbelief and keep me from loving this book. P.S. That's just not how the 404 error works.

ahynes1 reviewed Followers by Megan Angelo

Review of 'Followers' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Followers started off very strong with great writing about loneliness, wanting to be accepted, to have friends, to be followed, to be someone. It explores two women in New York as they struggle with their fledging careers. If it had stayed in this vein, I would have given it five stars.

Yet it veered of course, with interesting additional plots about hackers taking down the internet and revealing people's deepest secrets, about a community where everyone lives on camera, and a community where information technology has been banned. Each of these could have made good plots, but to interweave all of this with what had started off as a promising novel, together with sections that felt like they were written with middle aged female tabloid readers really weakened the novel.

Still, it is worth the read. Read the first part, and if, it keeps your interest, continue on to the …

Followers started off very strong with great writing about loneliness, wanting to be accepted, to have friends, to be followed, to be someone. It explores two women in New York as they struggle with their fledging careers. If it had stayed in this vein, I would have given it five stars.

Yet it veered of course, with interesting additional plots about hackers taking down the internet and revealing people's deepest secrets, about a community where everyone lives on camera, and a community where information technology has been banned. Each of these could have made good plots, but to interweave all of this with what had started off as a promising novel, together with sections that felt like they were written with middle aged female tabloid readers really weakened the novel.

Still, it is worth the read. Read the first part, and if, it keeps your interest, continue on to the end.

debby_joyblue reviewed Followers by Megan Angelo

Review of 'Followers' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

1984 meets The Circle meets The Truman Show. Set in 2016 and 2051. I saw the twist coming way ahead. Pretty readable, overall. I found the ending really clipped and unsatisfying, given how long it took us to get there.

debby_joyblue@bookrastinating.com reviewed Followers by Megan Angelo

Review of 'Followers' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

1984 meets The Circle meets The Truman Show. Set in 2016 and 2051. I saw the twist coming way ahead. Pretty readable, overall. I found the ending really clipped and unsatisfying, given how long it took us to get there.