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The Influencers
A murder? An accident? Or a celebration-gone-wrong? When a group of top influencers gather on a tropical island for a festival, they expect to bask in the glow of their success. But as the sun sets, nothing is as it seems. Everyone harbors secrets.
The quiet expat who does charter tours but is haunted by the memories of war. The pretty influencer with fame and millions of followers, who makes a horrible mistake one drunk night. The young local man who dreams of fame and doesn’t shy away from the dirty tactics. The local beauty queen who mysteriously disappears before the festival. There’s more to this paradise island than meets the eye. And as the festival reaches its climax, a predator comes out to hunt. He is determined to get what’s his.
Whatever it takes. Lies. Force. Or murder… The Influencers is a tale of dreams, faux heroes, and love that can be found in the most unlikely places.
The quiet expat who does charter tours but is haunted by the memories of war. The pretty influencer with fame and millions of followers, who makes a horrible mistake one drunk night. The young local man who dreams of fame and doesn’t shy away from the dirty tactics. The local beauty queen who mysteriously disappears before the festival. There’s more to this paradise island than meets the eye. And as the festival reaches its climax, a predator comes out to hunt. He is determined to get what’s his.
Whatever it takes. Lies. Force. Or murder… The Influencers is a tale of dreams, faux heroes, and love that can be found in the most unlikely places.
288 pages, Paperback
Published June 10, 2020
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August 18, 2020
I received a free copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.
Actual rating: 2.5 stars
This book (and the other I read by this author right afterward, St. Claire Blues) both have the same problem - they both set up a tantalizing, suspenseful mystery right in the beginning (a murder, in both cases) and then dither around for 200+ pages doing slow character development/growth without any actual movement of the plot.
Is a character-driven book inherently bad? No, but when you introduce a murder in the very beginning of a novel, you naturally expect the rest of the novel to have something to do with it, and unfortunately, neither of these do. The bulk of the novel is exploring influencer culture through various lenses - a successful influencer, her crunchy best friend, a poor influencer wanna-be, etc. The novel dives into their relationships with each other and explores their characters in a beautiful tropical setting - and this stuff, I felt it did quite well, though it was a little bloated at times. There is some genuinely pretty or insightful language sprinkled throughout - it just gets lost in a novel bogged down by the promise of a plot that never comes.
If you want something character-driven and slow, you might like this. Personally, it wasn't my cup of tea - I didn't like any of the characters enough to sympathize with their journeys, and the villain was very flat and lackluster. St. Claire Blues was superior to this one, in my opinion. But don't go into either expecting actual mystery or intrigue - they're not that kind of novel.
Actual rating: 2.5 stars
This book (and the other I read by this author right afterward, St. Claire Blues) both have the same problem - they both set up a tantalizing, suspenseful mystery right in the beginning (a murder, in both cases) and then dither around for 200+ pages doing slow character development/growth without any actual movement of the plot.
Is a character-driven book inherently bad? No, but when you introduce a murder in the very beginning of a novel, you naturally expect the rest of the novel to have something to do with it, and unfortunately, neither of these do. The bulk of the novel is exploring influencer culture through various lenses - a successful influencer, her crunchy best friend, a poor influencer wanna-be, etc. The novel dives into their relationships with each other and explores their characters in a beautiful tropical setting - and this stuff, I felt it did quite well, though it was a little bloated at times. There is some genuinely pretty or insightful language sprinkled throughout - it just gets lost in a novel bogged down by the promise of a plot that never comes.
If you want something character-driven and slow, you might like this. Personally, it wasn't my cup of tea - I didn't like any of the characters enough to sympathize with their journeys, and the villain was very flat and lackluster. St. Claire Blues was superior to this one, in my opinion. But don't go into either expecting actual mystery or intrigue - they're not that kind of novel.
August 4, 2020
I'm not sure what book the other 5 star reviews were for, but I hope not this one.
Way too many characters, way too drawn out, way too predictable.
I hate leaving bad reviews, but life is too short to read a sub-par books.
Way too many characters, way too drawn out, way too predictable.
I hate leaving bad reviews, but life is too short to read a sub-par books.
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