Lilibet Bombshell's Reviews > The Followers

The cover promises way more thrills than the book actually delivers.

The problem with The Followers isn’t the plot, because it’s actually a really good plot. The issue is the characters. Not only does one of the two female protagonists not seem to know how to Google or have any semblance of common sense even though she’s an influencer with millions of followers, but I just couldn’t connect with any of the characters. I just didn’t identify with them and, as a result, I was just very bored.

I also didn’t care about (and was really annoyed by) all the snippets of chats or forums full of hate for Molly. They ripped me out of the story and were annoying. I’m seeing this method of exposition used in more and more books and I’ve ended up rating every book that uses this method lower than other books I read. An infodump is an infodump. Readers aren’t dumb.

So I’d like to say this book is terrific and groundbreaking, but it’s simply very average.

Thanks to Blackstone Publishing and Bradleigh Godfrey for sending me a copy of the physical ARC of this book for review. All thoughts, opinions, views, and ideas expressed herein are mine and mine alone. Personal policy dictates that since this title earned a three star or lower rating this review will not appear on any of my social media channels or any bookseller websites.