People to Follow Book Review

People to Follow

by Olivia Worley

Publisher: Wednesday Books a division of St. Martin’s Press
Ginasbookreport Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Genre: Mystery / Young Adult / New Adult
Read This If You Love: Pretty Little Liars / One of Us Is Lying / And Then There Were None

“We need to search the island. Now.”

When ten social influencers agree to film a new reality show where they are disconnected from their phones and their followers, they end up on a secluded island. We all know what happens when a group of people are trapped on an island in a mystery novel! In short order, the show’s Sponsor starts to text them orders on their one-way watches. Follow the instructions or you might just find yourself cancelled and on this island that could be permanent.

I was drawn to this book because of the clear nod to my favorite mystery novel, And Then There Were None. While People to Follow does pay tribute to the classic mystery concept, it brings the plot into the modern day via the social media angle. While this isn’t a book for most serious mystery readers, it was a good pool read that will likely hit with the younger crowd. (After all, it is a young adult novel.) It felt very much in line with Pretty Little Liars. People to Follow also delivers a more than surface look at the destruction that influencer culture can have on followers and influencers alike.