Follow Me, by Kathleen Barber
Simon & Schuster Canada - Available February 25, 2020
Thriller
E-book
Thriller
E-book
352 Pages
* I received this digital ARC courtesy of Simon & Schuster Canada, via NetGalley in exchange of an honest review. This does not influence the following opinions which are my own.
A thriller for the age of social media.
In a world where it is not uncommon for some individuals to post the minutiae of their daily existence on social media, Barber has written a timely thriller to make people think twice about how much they share on their timelines.
Audrey lives her life on the internet. With a million Instagram followers she carefully cultivates, designs, photographs, and filters things that most of us do by rote. She lives for the "likes" and the comments.
When Audrey accepts a job that combines her two passions - art history and social media, she moves from New York to Washington to become a social media manager for part of the Smithsonian group.
The move brings her closer to her college bestie who for her own reasons lives her life as privately as Audrey lives hers publicly, and her ex-boyfriend who she cannot seem to stay away from. Not everything in her new life is picture perfect though. Her new apartment is not exactly a glamorous insta-worthy backdrop, it has a broken lock and the land-lady's son who lives just upstairs is creepy. Speaking of creepy, there is also some man hanging around her work all the time. After a few happenings, Audrey realizes that she has a stalker, and while her stalker knows everything about her, she knows nothing about them. Audrey is learning that when you share every bit of your life online, there is nowhere left where you can hide.
Follow Me is a thriller centered around social media, now so much a part of our everyday life. This makes it easy for the reader to relate to the basic premise of the story if not the character of Audrey herself. We all have that one friend (or two) that simply shares too much information on their timelines. The story easily captures the reader's attention early on and the reader is soon considering and re-considering characters from page to page. The tension increases in a steady arc resulting in a taut well executed thriller.
A quick and easy read, Follow Me is a gripping and cautionary story that will have you checking the privacy settings on your social media accounts.
In a world where it is not uncommon for some individuals to post the minutiae of their daily existence on social media, Barber has written a timely thriller to make people think twice about how much they share on their timelines.
Audrey lives her life on the internet. With a million Instagram followers she carefully cultivates, designs, photographs, and filters things that most of us do by rote. She lives for the "likes" and the comments.
When Audrey accepts a job that combines her two passions - art history and social media, she moves from New York to Washington to become a social media manager for part of the Smithsonian group.
The move brings her closer to her college bestie who for her own reasons lives her life as privately as Audrey lives hers publicly, and her ex-boyfriend who she cannot seem to stay away from. Not everything in her new life is picture perfect though. Her new apartment is not exactly a glamorous insta-worthy backdrop, it has a broken lock and the land-lady's son who lives just upstairs is creepy. Speaking of creepy, there is also some man hanging around her work all the time. After a few happenings, Audrey realizes that she has a stalker, and while her stalker knows everything about her, she knows nothing about them. Audrey is learning that when you share every bit of your life online, there is nowhere left where you can hide.
Follow Me is a thriller centered around social media, now so much a part of our everyday life. This makes it easy for the reader to relate to the basic premise of the story if not the character of Audrey herself. We all have that one friend (or two) that simply shares too much information on their timelines. The story easily captures the reader's attention early on and the reader is soon considering and re-considering characters from page to page. The tension increases in a steady arc resulting in a taut well executed thriller.
A quick and easy read, Follow Me is a gripping and cautionary story that will have you checking the privacy settings on your social media accounts.
Happy Reading,
Christine
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