Sunday, June 7, 2020

Follow Me by Kathleen Barber - OPTIONAL

Follow Me by Kathleen Barber, 336 pages. Gallery Books (Simon & Schuster), 2020. $27.

Language: R (122 swears, 22 “f”); Mature Content: PG13; Violence: PG13

BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

With over a million followers on Instagram, Audrey is practically a master of social media and branding. She moves to DC for a new job, bringing her closer to her dream job and to some of her fans. Audrey is about to learn that being followed in real life is less exciting than gaining followers online.

What a thrill -- I love the different points of view that Barber wrote so that readers can speculate about who “Him” is, and the twists at the climax are crafted so that everything falls into place believably. These real horrors, including the demented logic of the antagonist, add to the exciting horror of the book but also warn readers to be aware and careful of what they share online. The mature content rating is for implied sex, mentions of masturbation, and illegal activities; the violence rating is for attempted suicide, blood, attempted murder, and stalking.

Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen

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