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Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler
4.5
emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Thanks to Catapult for the free copy of this book.

 - FAKE ACCOUNTS is a book you're either going to love or hate, and I think where you fall likely hinges on how much time you've spent on Twitter in the last decade. It reads like a mashup of MY YEAR OF REST AND RELAXATION and TRICK MIRROR.
- The stream of consciousness writing can get a little overwhelming, but it also perfectly evokes how it feels to get tunnel vision into your phone while endlessly scrolling for no reason.
- The narrator is deeply unlikable and so are many of the people she meets throughout the book. Nearly everyone is terrible or insufferable for one reason or another.
- This all sounds like I hated the book, but I actually loved it pretty intensely. I was cackling every few pages as Oyler both skewers online cultures and treats them as an integral component of the lives of millennials. 

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