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Lola Offline
On the internet, there are no take-backs... LOLA OFFLINE is a teen romantic comedy set in Paris, perfect for fans of Holly Bourne, Sophie Kinsella and Stephanie Perkins.
Delilah Hoover has gone dark. She's quit social media, moved to Paris and changed her name to Lola Maxwell. Because she made a mistake - one she can't take back. It was all over Twitter, and it's still the first thing that comes up when you Google her.
Paris is a fresh start, in a new school with new friends including smooth student politician Tariq. With awkward dates, tipsy afternoons and a perfect kiss, Lola's life as a normal teenager could be back on track ... But can she ever tell people who she really is? And what happens if they find out first?
Delilah Hoover has gone dark. She's quit social media, moved to Paris and changed her name to Lola Maxwell. Because she made a mistake - one she can't take back. It was all over Twitter, and it's still the first thing that comes up when you Google her.
Paris is a fresh start, in a new school with new friends including smooth student politician Tariq. With awkward dates, tipsy afternoons and a perfect kiss, Lola's life as a normal teenager could be back on track ... But can she ever tell people who she really is? And what happens if they find out first?
- GenresYoung AdultRomance
288 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 10, 2017
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About the author
Nicola Doherty
15 books95 followersHi, I'm Nicola.
I grew up in Monkstown, Co. Dublin and studied English at Trinity College, Dublin and at Oxford. I worked in publishing for several years before writing my first book The Out of Office Girl.
Since then I've written four more books - If I Could Turn Back Time and Girls on Tour for adults, and Love and Other Man-Made Disasters and Lola Offline which are YA romances.
These days, reading comes much more easily to me than writing. I have to have a book on the go at all times. I mostly read on my Kindle but I also love to use the library (when there's not a pandemic on).
I grew up in Monkstown, Co. Dublin and studied English at Trinity College, Dublin and at Oxford. I worked in publishing for several years before writing my first book The Out of Office Girl.
Since then I've written four more books - If I Could Turn Back Time and Girls on Tour for adults, and Love and Other Man-Made Disasters and Lola Offline which are YA romances.
These days, reading comes much more easily to me than writing. I have to have a book on the go at all times. I mostly read on my Kindle but I also love to use the library (when there's not a pandemic on).
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July 29, 2017
(I received an advance copy of this book for free. Thanks to Hachette Children's Group and NetGalley.)
This was a YA story about a girl who made a bad joke on twitter and got shunned for it.
I liked Lola/Delilah as a character, and I totally got why she felt the need to run away from everything that had happened to her. She came across as generally a nice person, and was even nice to her younger brother, so it was awful the way she felt her whole life had been affected by one mistake.
The storyline in this was about Lola running off to a boarding school in Paris and trying to make new friends, all whilst under the alias ‘Lola’, and I was really hoping that she would manage it. We got a little bit of romance, which was pretty low-key, but most of the story was about Lola’s new life in Paris, and trying to keep her real identity secret.
The ending to this was pretty good, and I was pleased that Lola learned to not run away from her problems.
7 out of 10
“I’m changing my name. To Lola.”
This was a YA story about a girl who made a bad joke on twitter and got shunned for it.
I liked Lola/Delilah as a character, and I totally got why she felt the need to run away from everything that had happened to her. She came across as generally a nice person, and was even nice to her younger brother, so it was awful the way she felt her whole life had been affected by one mistake.
The storyline in this was about Lola running off to a boarding school in Paris and trying to make new friends, all whilst under the alias ‘Lola’, and I was really hoping that she would manage it. We got a little bit of romance, which was pretty low-key, but most of the story was about Lola’s new life in Paris, and trying to keep her real identity secret.
The ending to this was pretty good, and I was pleased that Lola learned to not run away from her problems.
7 out of 10
March 22, 2019
This is the best book I've ever read before. I was bored and picked a book randomly, however, I continued reading it everyday. IT WAS THE BESTTTTT
October 12, 2024
--- Lola Offline ---
Plot: Ok.
Penokohan: .......
Baiklah, Lola sedang offline, tapi saya akan online untuk menulis review! ヾ(＾-＾)ノ *Plak Plok Plak* //tepuktangancanggung.
Hal yang saya suka dari buku ini... bisa dibilang cukup berimbang dengan ketidaksukaan saya XD. Karena Lola suka menulis dalam poin, jadi saya juga akan menuliskan dengan cara serupa.
1. Saya merasa bingung dengan sifat Lola. Satu sisi tahu bagaimana perasaannya saat ia dinilai orang tidak dikenal sembarangan hanya karena twit-nya. Di sisi lain, ia sendiri mengecap orang seenaknya juga.
2. Lola ini di satu sisi mau menyendiri. Di sisi lain mau punya teman. Tidak untuk dilupakan, dia tipe yang memilih-milih teman yang dia rasa cocok dengannya. Kurasa kita semua mengerti dengan pola pikiran itu terkadang. Seperti pikiran orang-orang tua yang mau anaknya berteman dengan yang baik-baik saja. Tapi selaku pembaca, saya sudah menduga konflik utama cerita ini pastilah akan berasal dari teman yang dipilih Lola. Bagaimana tidak,setelah mengecap orang lain sebagai orang yang tidak akan cocok berteman dengannya, Lola memilih teman yang... ... ...entahlah, extrovert wannabe? Merasa dirinya paling anti politik? Hm! (Ingat, ini ulasan dari pandangan gus) XD. . Kurasa karena ini buku, lebih jelas melihat bendera merahnya daripada dunia nyata, eh?
3. Saya lebih gagal paham dengan Lola yang di tiga halaman sebelumnya mengatakan (kurang lebih) kalau hatinya hancur dan dia tidak suka lagi cowok yang ditaksirnya karena sadar sifat cowok itu. Tapi kejutan! Kejutan! Setelah lomba lari berakhir, tiba-tiba dia lupa kalau dia patah hati dengan cowok itu (atau mungkin tidak lupa, tapi penanganannya seremeh itu). Hebatnya lagi cowoknya mengaku kalau sebelumnya dia blablabla, makanya membuat Lola gundah dan akhirnya pria ini memutuskan untuk tidak peduli lagi dengan itu *Gus menghela napas, mengusap hati, dan menggeleng di saat bersamaan*.
Untung saja mayoritas penulis teenlit suka ending bahagia. Karena jika dilanjutkan oleh orang macam saya, tokoh utama cowoknya bisa dipastikan akan membuat masalah dan mereka akan berpisah dengan cepat :).
Nah lalu masih ada lagi, tapi kurasa saya harus menuliskan hal baik di novel ini yang memang ada! (ʘᴗʘ)
1. Akhirnya Lola membuka dirinya dan mengikuti komunitas sekolahnya (lupa sebutannya) meskipun baru sebagai orang yang bantu-bantu perencanaan acara.
2.Saya suka bahasa yang dibahas di kelas Lola 💬. Juga suka dengan Lola yang membuat bahasanya sendiri. Delilish! Manis sekali sebutannya ˙˚ʚ(´◡`)ɞ˚˙.
3. Orang yang awalnya di nilai Lola sebagai orang yang tidak cocok dengannya malah berakhir menjadi teman baiknya. Eh? Saya dari tadi senyam-senyum menulis ini? Hehe, iya itu benar sekali!
Baiklah kurasa masih ada hal baik lainnya juga. Tapi untuk sekarang begini saja saya akan menuliskan reviewnya o w o.
Saatnya offline!
...
...
Bercanda ding!
Saatnya melihat ulasan apa lagi yang akan kutulis berikutnya! Mwahahahaa! q(❂‿❂)p
[ 7.3/10 ]
Plot: Ok.
Penokohan: .......
Baiklah, Lola sedang offline, tapi saya akan online untuk menulis review! ヾ(＾-＾)ノ *Plak Plok Plak* //tepuktangancanggung.
Hal yang saya suka dari buku ini... bisa dibilang cukup berimbang dengan ketidaksukaan saya XD. Karena Lola suka menulis dalam poin, jadi saya juga akan menuliskan dengan cara serupa.
1. Saya merasa bingung dengan sifat Lola. Satu sisi tahu bagaimana perasaannya saat ia dinilai orang tidak dikenal sembarangan hanya karena twit-nya. Di sisi lain, ia sendiri mengecap orang seenaknya juga.
2. Lola ini di satu sisi mau menyendiri. Di sisi lain mau punya teman. Tidak untuk dilupakan, dia tipe yang memilih-milih teman yang dia rasa cocok dengannya. Kurasa kita semua mengerti dengan pola pikiran itu terkadang. Seperti pikiran orang-orang tua yang mau anaknya berteman dengan yang baik-baik saja. Tapi selaku pembaca, saya sudah menduga konflik utama cerita ini pastilah akan berasal dari teman yang dipilih Lola. Bagaimana tidak,
3. Saya lebih gagal paham dengan Lola yang di tiga halaman sebelumnya mengatakan (kurang lebih) kalau hatinya hancur dan dia tidak suka lagi cowok yang ditaksirnya karena sadar sifat cowok itu. Tapi kejutan! Kejutan! Setelah lomba lari berakhir, tiba-tiba dia lupa kalau dia patah hati dengan cowok itu (atau mungkin tidak lupa, tapi penanganannya seremeh itu). Hebatnya lagi cowoknya mengaku kalau sebelumnya dia blablabla, makanya membuat Lola gundah dan akhirnya pria ini memutuskan untuk tidak peduli lagi dengan itu *Gus menghela napas, mengusap hati, dan menggeleng di saat bersamaan*.
Untung saja mayoritas penulis teenlit suka ending bahagia. Karena jika dilanjutkan oleh orang macam saya, tokoh utama cowoknya bisa dipastikan akan membuat masalah dan mereka akan berpisah dengan cepat :).
Nah lalu masih ada lagi, tapi kurasa saya harus menuliskan hal baik di novel ini yang memang ada! (ʘᴗʘ)
1. Akhirnya Lola membuka dirinya dan mengikuti komunitas sekolahnya (lupa sebutannya) meskipun baru sebagai orang yang bantu-bantu perencanaan acara.
2.Saya suka bahasa yang dibahas di kelas Lola 💬. Juga suka dengan Lola yang membuat bahasanya sendiri. Delilish! Manis sekali sebutannya ˙˚ʚ(´◡`)ɞ˚˙.
3. Orang yang awalnya di nilai Lola sebagai orang yang tidak cocok dengannya malah berakhir menjadi teman baiknya. Eh? Saya dari tadi senyam-senyum menulis ini? Hehe, iya itu benar sekali!
Baiklah kurasa masih ada hal baik lainnya juga. Tapi untuk sekarang begini saja saya akan menuliskan reviewnya o w o.
Saatnya offline!
...
...
Bercanda ding!
Saatnya melihat ulasan apa lagi yang akan kutulis berikutnya! Mwahahahaa! q(❂‿❂)p
[ 7.3/10 ]
April 28, 2020
Final Review~
"Kalau kamu tidak menceritakan kisahmu sendiri, orang lain akan melakukannya." - Pg. 330
Selesai! Dan aku cukup suka buku ini. Lola Offline berkisah bagaimana Delilah menyembunyikan dirinya yang asli karena satu postingan sarkasme yang malah berujung salah paham. Delilah disebut sebagai gadis rasis dan akhirnya memutuskan keluar dari sekolah lamanya.
Menjadi Lola dan pindah ke Paris membuat Delilah merasa hidup barunya telah dimulai. Tetapi kemudian ia khawatir ketika Vee, salah satu teman barunya mencurigainya. Lola berusaha jujur tapi sifat Vee membuatnya tak bisa mengatakan semuanya.
Nah, di akhir kisah aku menyukai bagaimana akhirnya Lola bisa jujur kepada semua orang tentang siapa dirinya dan bagaimana pihak sekolah serta beberapa teman yang mempercayainya mendukungnya untuk menceritakan kisah sesungguhnya. Bukan dari orang lain ataupun sosial media.
Membaca Lola Offline membuatku sadar bahwa sosial media itu kejam adanya. Satu kesalahpahaman dapat membuat semuanya berantakan. Maka dari itu bijaklah dalam menggunakan sosial media kita ya guys....
#BookReview #ElReview
"Kalau kamu tidak menceritakan kisahmu sendiri, orang lain akan melakukannya." - Pg. 330
Selesai! Dan aku cukup suka buku ini. Lola Offline berkisah bagaimana Delilah menyembunyikan dirinya yang asli karena satu postingan sarkasme yang malah berujung salah paham. Delilah disebut sebagai gadis rasis dan akhirnya memutuskan keluar dari sekolah lamanya.
Menjadi Lola dan pindah ke Paris membuat Delilah merasa hidup barunya telah dimulai. Tetapi kemudian ia khawatir ketika Vee, salah satu teman barunya mencurigainya. Lola berusaha jujur tapi sifat Vee membuatnya tak bisa mengatakan semuanya.
Nah, di akhir kisah aku menyukai bagaimana akhirnya Lola bisa jujur kepada semua orang tentang siapa dirinya dan bagaimana pihak sekolah serta beberapa teman yang mempercayainya mendukungnya untuk menceritakan kisah sesungguhnya. Bukan dari orang lain ataupun sosial media.
Membaca Lola Offline membuatku sadar bahwa sosial media itu kejam adanya. Satu kesalahpahaman dapat membuat semuanya berantakan. Maka dari itu bijaklah dalam menggunakan sosial media kita ya guys....
#BookReview #ElReview
August 2, 2017
Such a believable story and incredibly contemporary featuring issues that could potentially affect any modern teenager. If you are a young adult, or have a young adult then this is worth reading, as it deals with after effects of when you make a mistake online and it goes viral.
In Delilah Hoover's case, the level of notoriety she gained, left her feeling friendless, alone and in need of an escape. So she persuades her parents to let her go to an International boarding school in Paris, France, for her to study for the IB (International Baccalaureate) instead of her A-Levels.
Not only does she change her country but she becomes Lola Maxwell, a girl with no social media accounts at all, and a fear that everyone at her new school will find out her biggest secret. I loved seeing a boarding school in Paris, and meeting all the various children that go there.
As Lola's time in Paris progresses, we are introduced to a variety of potential friends for her, each with their own personality quirks, and also we are shown Paris, not the major tourist attractions as such, but some of the hidden gems of the city too.
I enjoyed seeing how Lola overcame her experience and starts to learn new things not only in her school subjects but also about herself too. She never was the most outgoing or popular sort of girl, has some geekish tendencies and as a result the way she copes is even more admirable.
Although I'm an adult, I still found myself completely able to empathise with Lola and her predicament, possibly because you need to be so careful with social media or it can be a nightmare, that and I've always loved stories set in schools.
Lola Offline is a captivating story that actually anyone who deals with social media could gain something from.
Thanks to Orion and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
In Delilah Hoover's case, the level of notoriety she gained, left her feeling friendless, alone and in need of an escape. So she persuades her parents to let her go to an International boarding school in Paris, France, for her to study for the IB (International Baccalaureate) instead of her A-Levels.
Not only does she change her country but she becomes Lola Maxwell, a girl with no social media accounts at all, and a fear that everyone at her new school will find out her biggest secret. I loved seeing a boarding school in Paris, and meeting all the various children that go there.
As Lola's time in Paris progresses, we are introduced to a variety of potential friends for her, each with their own personality quirks, and also we are shown Paris, not the major tourist attractions as such, but some of the hidden gems of the city too.
I enjoyed seeing how Lola overcame her experience and starts to learn new things not only in her school subjects but also about herself too. She never was the most outgoing or popular sort of girl, has some geekish tendencies and as a result the way she copes is even more admirable.
Although I'm an adult, I still found myself completely able to empathise with Lola and her predicament, possibly because you need to be so careful with social media or it can be a nightmare, that and I've always loved stories set in schools.
Lola Offline is a captivating story that actually anyone who deals with social media could gain something from.
Thanks to Orion and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
September 11, 2019
I'm so happy I've got friends like Fletcher. You'll get what I mean if you read this.
November 18, 2018
I’ve long been a fan of Nicola Doherty’s books and I requested Lola Offline from NetGalley ages ago and for some reason I didn’t get round to reading it until just recently. Like Doherty’s other books, I really enjoyed Lola Offline.
Lola Offline tells the story of Delilah who has fled her normal life to live in Paris under the moniker of Lola. Delilah is fleeing from a mistake that she has made that ended up making her internet famous for all the wrong reasons.
Rather than embracing her mistake and dealing with the fall out she opts to hide. But in a world saturated by social media you begin to wonder can a person really ever truly hide from their past?
Nicola Doherty’s story really hit a nerve with me for two reasons. The first being because I wrote a blog post once that ended up getting a ridiculous number of views within the space of 24 hours. Now don’t get me wrong, for someone who blogs that is generally a good thing, however, the post was not about books it was about a health condition I had and I was very unsettled by the amount of people that read it. I got over it but for a good week I felt really unnerved. The second reason is that I work in a high school and the amount of problems that we encounter on a daily basis because of Instagram or Facebook is ridiculous. The insidiousness of social media is becoming more and more prevalent and Doherty addresses this very matter. Personally, I think she is brave to do so. If just one member of her target audience of young adults reads this book and thinks about something before they post it on social media then Doherty has made a massive impact.
Lola Offline by Nicola Doherty is available now.
Lola Offline tells the story of Delilah who has fled her normal life to live in Paris under the moniker of Lola. Delilah is fleeing from a mistake that she has made that ended up making her internet famous for all the wrong reasons.
Rather than embracing her mistake and dealing with the fall out she opts to hide. But in a world saturated by social media you begin to wonder can a person really ever truly hide from their past?
Nicola Doherty’s story really hit a nerve with me for two reasons. The first being because I wrote a blog post once that ended up getting a ridiculous number of views within the space of 24 hours. Now don’t get me wrong, for someone who blogs that is generally a good thing, however, the post was not about books it was about a health condition I had and I was very unsettled by the amount of people that read it. I got over it but for a good week I felt really unnerved. The second reason is that I work in a high school and the amount of problems that we encounter on a daily basis because of Instagram or Facebook is ridiculous. The insidiousness of social media is becoming more and more prevalent and Doherty addresses this very matter. Personally, I think she is brave to do so. If just one member of her target audience of young adults reads this book and thinks about something before they post it on social media then Doherty has made a massive impact.
Lola Offline by Nicola Doherty is available now.
November 17, 2019
This was daft and funny and made me smile. I'm glad the ~incident~ was revealed early on, so the story wasn't about the mystery of what Lola did but about her finding her feet again. And I think most people could empathise with being misunderstood online, although this was obviously an extreme example for plot purposes.
Unfortunately, the descriptions of Paris were... barely there. I didn't get a FEEL for the city and I thought that was a shame? Moving abroad is a huge deal, and I wanted to see more of the culture differences and get a sense of the atmosphere and what it's like suddenly having the Eiffel Tower on your doorstep.
Lola's dubious friendship decisions drove me c r a z y especially since Vee was so prickly and aggressive, and Lola had to change who she was to fit in with her, whereas Fletcher was genuinely sweet? :( It just seemed so stupid, like, pick people you can be yourself around!! Lola's reasons for actively choosing not to befriend Fletcher were ridiculous. (Seriously WHO EVEN CARES if she likes kale smoothies? You do you, boo.)
Unfortunately, the descriptions of Paris were... barely there. I didn't get a FEEL for the city and I thought that was a shame? Moving abroad is a huge deal, and I wanted to see more of the culture differences and get a sense of the atmosphere and what it's like suddenly having the Eiffel Tower on your doorstep.
Lola's dubious friendship decisions drove me c r a z y especially since Vee was so prickly and aggressive, and Lola had to change who she was to fit in with her, whereas Fletcher was genuinely sweet? :( It just seemed so stupid, like, pick people you can be yourself around!! Lola's reasons for actively choosing not to befriend Fletcher were ridiculous. (Seriously WHO EVEN CARES if she likes kale smoothies? You do you, boo.)
March 29, 2020
"You only need one friend. As long as you have one person who is really by your side, basically you will be fine." - page 296
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I read the translated version.
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This Lola Offline will be perfect for teen fiction fans. Because Lola Offline carries the theme of social media. Here we can find out how social media effects, if you make a mistake then the error will quickly spread and become viral.
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Delilah Hoover is escape, fear, and feelings alone. However, as long as he became Lola Maxwell without social media at all he met with friends with their unique personalities, he was able to overcome them.
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What I like the most is that in the end, Delilah or Lola learns not to run away from problems again, and she can be open and brave to say who she is and the mistakes she made on Twitter to all schools. At least, I also like how the new school believes, supports, and of course does not participate in slander.
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For the place settings really make you drool yes, even though the places are quite hidden, the charm of Paris really spoiled me when reading it.
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"If you don't tell your own story, someone else will do it." - page 330
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-TvNnAJk...
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I read the translated version.
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This Lola Offline will be perfect for teen fiction fans. Because Lola Offline carries the theme of social media. Here we can find out how social media effects, if you make a mistake then the error will quickly spread and become viral.
.
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Delilah Hoover is escape, fear, and feelings alone. However, as long as he became Lola Maxwell without social media at all he met with friends with their unique personalities, he was able to overcome them.
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What I like the most is that in the end, Delilah or Lola learns not to run away from problems again, and she can be open and brave to say who she is and the mistakes she made on Twitter to all schools. At least, I also like how the new school believes, supports, and of course does not participate in slander.
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For the place settings really make you drool yes, even though the places are quite hidden, the charm of Paris really spoiled me when reading it.
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"If you don't tell your own story, someone else will do it." - page 330
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-TvNnAJk...
August 3, 2017
After Delilah makes a mistake online for all to see, she wants a fresh start somewhere new and away from all she knows so she decides to move, alone!
Now under the new name Lola, leaving all she knows behind and moving to Paris alone she meets Vee and Fletcher whilst still thinking about Jules, Nisha and Ellie, her old friends back home.
However, when students at this school find out just what was tweeted by her they react in many ways. Her new friends still like her whilst Tariq, her could become boyfriend needs space to go over things as culture and racial issues are bought into the mix...
A pleasant short read for teens, raising issues around social media backlash and how words can really hurt not just you.
Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!
Now under the new name Lola, leaving all she knows behind and moving to Paris alone she meets Vee and Fletcher whilst still thinking about Jules, Nisha and Ellie, her old friends back home.
However, when students at this school find out just what was tweeted by her they react in many ways. Her new friends still like her whilst Tariq, her could become boyfriend needs space to go over things as culture and racial issues are bought into the mix...
A pleasant short read for teens, raising issues around social media backlash and how words can really hurt not just you.
Many thanks to the publishers for allowing me to review this book for them!
October 23, 2017
I aren't sure about this book . To be honest I felt a bit bored when I was reading it and had to force myself to pick it up. It was only around the last 50 pages that things actually started happening . When I picked this book from the library I thought that what she had done would be absolutely horrendous and that she would be trolled and bullied all the way through the book and, let's be honest , although we don't wanna admit it , it makes a book more interesting. But there wasn't really a main storyline. She moved to France for a new life, fair enough , but what else happened ? She developed a crush on a boy and ran a half marathon ? However , I have nothing against this book but it just wasn't for me .
January 11, 2020
This book is about a teenage girl who tries to make a witty tweet but ends up looking racists and it goes viral. She is kicked out of school for being racist and has goes to school in Paris where she adopts a new name.
I thought the book was ok. It was a quick read (which was beneficial) but I did find the premise of the book where she had to leave the country after being kicked out of school and ostracised because of one tweet a bit hard realistic (or maybe I really don't get teenagers these days).
I thought the book was ok. It was a quick read (which was beneficial) but I did find the premise of the book where she had to leave the country after being kicked out of school and ostracised because of one tweet a bit hard realistic (or maybe I really don't get teenagers these days).
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 6, 2021
4 ⭐️
I read this for the second time and somehow... this book isn’t as intense as it felt when I read it for the first time? But I still had a fun time reading this.
Lola is an okay character. I didn’t understand her sometimes. I felt like she can be hypocritical and doesn’t really walk the talk. So, that’s annoying.
Fletcher on the other hand is so amazing. I loved her so much! She has great personality, she is so kind and sweet, she is mature, ahh I could go on and on about her.
Overall this is a fun and light YA book which you can totally devour in a very short time.
I read this for the second time and somehow... this book isn’t as intense as it felt when I read it for the first time? But I still had a fun time reading this.
Lola is an okay character. I didn’t understand her sometimes. I felt like she can be hypocritical and doesn’t really walk the talk. So, that’s annoying.
Fletcher on the other hand is so amazing. I loved her so much! She has great personality, she is so kind and sweet, she is mature, ahh I could go on and on about her.
Overall this is a fun and light YA book which you can totally devour in a very short time.
September 26, 2023
“sometimes being yourself is the hardest thing of all”
…and Delilah certainly knows that after posting online a joke that’s supposed to be witty and ironic, but no one saw the tweet this way and she was cancelled
She decides to run away instead of facing her problems and hopes that in a new city she can hide under a new identity, but who’s to say her new colleagues won’t find out about her past?
Ultimately telling the truth is more liberating than coming up with lies to cover a mistake
…and Delilah certainly knows that after posting online a joke that’s supposed to be witty and ironic, but no one saw the tweet this way and she was cancelled
She decides to run away instead of facing her problems and hopes that in a new city she can hide under a new identity, but who’s to say her new colleagues won’t find out about her past?
Ultimately telling the truth is more liberating than coming up with lies to cover a mistake
June 17, 2021
Delilah Hoover is a girl who wants to do everything to boost her chances of getting into a good university. Her reasoning to boost her social media is legit, but we all make mistakes. In the end, her online profile may always be there, but at the very least if Delilah was not able to vindicate herself online, her peers gave her that chance. A wholesome read in the digital age :)
August 9, 2017
A really relevant and thought provoking YA book about a girl who's mistake on twitter goes viral. This shows how someones whole life can be affected by one mistake. A must read!
November 23, 2021
cheesy qUiRkY mC romance but everyone is a sucker for it
June 4, 2025
First victim of cancel culture 💔
August 9, 2017
Sometimes I love to read books that I know won’t take me long and they’ll be enjoyable. I thought this would be the case with Lola Offline and it really was. Lola Offline was a quick and easy to read book which will be perfect for fans of teenage fiction, especially those into social media.
It centres around Delilah. Delilah makes a stupid mistake online (like so many of her age and beyond!) she jokes about something and it is taken seriously. Delilah is labelled a racist and shunned by her peers. Delilah decides that she wants to start afresh somewhere. She moves to Paris. A fresh start. Delilah now goes by the name of Lola, leaving her past behind so that her new friends can’t google her and find out about her past that shames her. Lola meets some new friends and falls in love with Paris. However, Lola’s life isn’t back on track as it doesn’t take long for the truth to come out. Lola’s new peers react in different ways. Lola (Delilah) really has to learn about herself and how she can be move on from her past and be genuinely happy once more.
I thought this was a decent read which highlighted the issues around social media. It’s not just social media, sometimes words can be completely taken out of context even when they’re vocalised.I think this is such an important read for the modern day teenager who can quite often spend a lot of their time on social media. It’s about the perils of social media and how one comment can go viral easily and affect your life.
It centres around Delilah. Delilah makes a stupid mistake online (like so many of her age and beyond!) she jokes about something and it is taken seriously. Delilah is labelled a racist and shunned by her peers. Delilah decides that she wants to start afresh somewhere. She moves to Paris. A fresh start. Delilah now goes by the name of Lola, leaving her past behind so that her new friends can’t google her and find out about her past that shames her. Lola meets some new friends and falls in love with Paris. However, Lola’s life isn’t back on track as it doesn’t take long for the truth to come out. Lola’s new peers react in different ways. Lola (Delilah) really has to learn about herself and how she can be move on from her past and be genuinely happy once more.
I thought this was a decent read which highlighted the issues around social media. It’s not just social media, sometimes words can be completely taken out of context even when they’re vocalised.I think this is such an important read for the modern day teenager who can quite often spend a lot of their time on social media. It’s about the perils of social media and how one comment can go viral easily and affect your life.
June 19, 2025
This book was incredible. Defiantly recommend.
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