Review: Followers

Followers by Megan Angelo
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

3 stars⭐⭐⭐

"𝓞𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓼𝓽 𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓸𝓯 𝓜𝓪𝓻𝓵𝓸𝔀'𝓼 𝓵𝓲𝓯𝓮, 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓯𝓻𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰"

⏳𝐓𝐋;𝐃𝐑:⏳
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬: Told in alternating timelines, Followers centers on two women: Orla Cadden, who decides to concoct a plan to make her friend and roommate Floss famous, and Marlow, who lives in a Truman Show-esque community called Constellation where twelve million people follow her every move.
𝐏𝐥𝐨𝐭: Some really fascinating concepts: The Spill, the Constellation community, Atlantis, etc. However, I didn't like the focus on Orla and Marlow as a vehicle to communicate the story through
𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: A little slow at times with certain subplots, but generally fast-moving and complex
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: Almost none are likable, which isn't a major issues but it was hard to feel emotionally connected

I was a little frustrated with this novel simply because I loved some of the concepts and the premises, but was frustrating by the choice of how to tell the story. I did like connecting the current obsession with phones and social media to the future almost post-apocalyptic world.

👍𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐬:👍
-Fascinating concept and premise
-Mostly enjoyable writing style- moved fairly quickly despite its length

👎𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬:👍
-Unlikable main characters
-Confused about the central message
-Some wordy/slow passages

𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸.

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