What would you do to gain follower on social media? Would you compromise on your morals to be ‘famous’?
The Follower’s story line is broken between two timelines and told from multiple perspectives. We have Orla, a wanna be writer who in 2015 works for a gossip blog. Floss, a wanna be social media influencer, who’s really only interested in being famous. Last we have Marlow, who in 2051, and at the age of 35 is finally starting to question her life. Each women’s’ life is extremely different from the next but all of their lives are intertwine in a way we don’t expect.
Marlow, is my favorite character. Born during ‘The Spill’ which was an emotional terrorist attack on the United States, she lives in Constellation California with her every move recorded. She’s a modern day (2051) reality TV star and everything she does is quantified by the number of followers she gains/losses. It was extremely hard to imagine walking through life with the constant thought that everyone was watching me. But it also makes you really think about how we already use Instagram society media to portray only what we want people see. Angelo does a great job of depicting, both through Marlow’s narrative and the early years of Floss and Orla, the impact of social media on our lives and our health.
I really enjoyed the dystopian vibes Angelo gave us as well. The ‘Spill’ was an emotional terror attack on the US, which started with knocking out all devices. Then slowly started to release secrets of the general public to provide the emotion terror aspect. I really liked that even with the technology apocalypse, the world in 2051 is still running fairly the same as in 2015. There wasn’t a huge explosion everything is wiped out type of dystopian. To me the dystopian effect seemed more realistic with it’s slow exposure of ‘the fog’ and the way technology was hacked. The biggest difference is the use of devices. No more blue screen and more big brother watching over you.
This book was such a fast read, I could barely put it down. I felt that I was reading the script of a reality TV series, which was thoroughly entertaining. A solid ★★★★☆ rating.
The Follower’s story line is broken between two timelines and told from multiple perspectives. We have Orla, a wanna be writer who in 2015 works for a gossip blog. Floss, a wanna be social media influencer, who’s really only interested in being famous. Last we have Marlow, who in 2051, and at the age of 35 is finally starting to question her life. Each women’s’ life is extremely different from the next but all of their lives are intertwine in a way we don’t expect.
Marlow, is my favorite character. Born during ‘The Spill’ which was an emotional terrorist attack on the United States, she lives in Constellation California with her every move recorded. She’s a modern day (2051) reality TV star and everything she does is quantified by the number of followers she gains/losses. It was extremely hard to imagine walking through life with the constant thought that everyone was watching me. But it also makes you really think about how we already use Instagram society media to portray only what we want people see. Angelo does a great job of depicting, both through Marlow’s narrative and the early years of Floss and Orla, the impact of social media on our lives and our health.
I really enjoyed the dystopian vibes Angelo gave us as well. The ‘Spill’ was an emotional terror attack on the US, which started with knocking out all devices. Then slowly started to release secrets of the general public to provide the emotion terror aspect. I really liked that even with the technology apocalypse, the world in 2051 is still running fairly the same as in 2015. There wasn’t a huge explosion everything is wiped out type of dystopian. To me the dystopian effect seemed more realistic with it’s slow exposure of ‘the fog’ and the way technology was hacked. The biggest difference is the use of devices. No more blue screen and more big brother watching over you.
This book was such a fast read, I could barely put it down. I felt that I was reading the script of a reality TV series, which was thoroughly entertaining. A solid ★★★★☆ rating.