Followers

Written by:
Megan Angelo
Narrated by:
Jayme Mattler

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
11
Narrator
4
Release Date
January 2020
Duration
13 hours 31 minutes
Summary
This dark, pitch-perfect novel about our dependence on technology for validation and human connection is as addictive as social media itself.” —People

A TIME AND NPR BEST BOOK OF 2020

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An electrifying story of two ambitious friends and the dark choices they make to become internet famous.

Orla Cadden is a budding novelist stuck in a dead-end job, writing clickbait about movie-star hookups and influencer yoga moves. Then Orla meets Floss—a striving, wannabe A-lister—who comes up with a plan for launching them both into the high-profile lives they dream about. So what if Orla and Floss’s methods are a little shady—and sometimes people get hurt? Their legions of followers can’t be wrong.

Thirty-five years later, in a closed California village where government-appointed celebrities live every moment of the day on camera, a woman named Marlow discovers a shattering secret about her past. Despite her massive popularity—twelve million loyal followers—Marlow dreams of fleeing the corporate sponsors who would do anything to keep her on-screen. When she learns that her whole family history is based on a lie, Marlow finally summons the courage to run in search of the truth, no matter the risks.

Followers traces the paths of Orla, Floss and Marlow as they wind through time toward each other, and toward a cataclysmic event that sends America into lasting upheaval. At turns wry and tender, bleak and hopeful, this darkly funny story reminds us that even if we obsess over famous people we’ll never meet, what we really crave is genuine human connection.
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Jessica Zoccali

The book was not as good as it was built up as but it was interesting. The concept of the spill was intriguing and the majority of the book did flash with reality. Not great but definitely not bad. I really enjoyed the narrator and think she did a great job differentiating the characters. Floss sounds EXACTLY like Reese Witherspoon when she isn't using a southern accent.

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Anonymous

This book, does have imaginative themes regarding the future, technology and how social media could evolve, but goodness hard to get through.

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