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What's it like to grow up online and have every tantrum, every spot - even your first period - broadcast to hundreds of thousands of followers?

Most parents try to limit their kids' online exposure. But not Eva's. Her parents run a hugely successful YouTube channel, and Eva is the star of the show. But Eva is getting sick of being made to pose in stupid mum-and-daughter matching outfits for sponsored posts. The freebies aren't worth the teasing at school. And when an intensely humiliating "period party" post goes viral, Eva is outraged. She's going to find a way to stop the channel, even if she has to sabotage it herself.

352 pages, Paperback

First published July 8, 2021

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Tamsin Winter

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"Tamsin Winter is fast becoming a favourite for younger teenagers, chronicling those first years at secondary school with warmth and honesty."
- The Observer

Tamsin Winter grew up in a tiny Northamptonshire village where she spent her childhood reading books and writing stories. She studied English Literature and Creative Writing at university, and has taught English at secondary level for many years.

Her award-winning novel, Being Miss Nobody (Usborne Publishing) tells the story of eleven-year-old Rosalind who can't speak. The book tackles themes of bullying, anxiety and social media in a fresh, funny and compelling voice and recently won the Awesome Book Award 2019. Tamsin's second novel, Jemima Small Versus the Universe is a bold, funny, heartwarming novel dealing with big themes of weight-related bullying, body-shaming and, most importantly, learning to be happy with who you are. It was Children's Book of the Month in The Guardian and has recently been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2020.

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268 reviews361 followers
June 6, 2021
Thanks to Netgally and Usborne publishing for providing an eARC in exchange for an honest review

OMG!
I loved this so much, it was a bit cheesy, sort of predictable and maybe you might even think its absolute trash but guess what?! I'm absolute trash for it!

This book follows Eva, a popular youtuber whose parents have been posting about her even before she was born! Her parents are the ones managing the YouTube channel and they post stuff about her from adverts to her everyday life activities. The YouTube channel is pretty popular with almost a half million subscribers.

Things aren't going so well as Eva gets teased about the channel a lot in school but shit really gets real when her parents post about HER FIRST PERIOD(WTF!!!)

She decides to take laws into her hands, she's basically like "you know what bitches?? Imma stop this channel myself since you hoes refuse to listen to me!" (She didn't say that but this would have been much better if she did :D).
Basically, she sabotages her own channel with the help of her friend. Mistakes are made, secrets are exposed and things really go down hill. I lived it!

The plot was pretty fast but a bit slow(It was fast at the beginning but towards the end of the reveal, it just dragged...)

The characters were quirky and some of them a bit funny, but like they could be cringey sometimes...

I loved the resolution of the story and I would recommend this to anyone looking for a cute, fluffy and light read.

I loved the representation of young youtubers who are exposed to fame when they're a little too young. It also takes on how much hate comments affect their everyday lives.

Being famous is cool until your parents post about your period like wth, who does that??
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106 reviews
December 3, 2021
Omg I loved this!!! And yes I did read this in one day lol 😅

Such a great book, and while most of it was taken to extremes, it had great messages about appreciating REAL life. Well written and a great story. Also, we all need a friend like Spuds :)
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891 reviews625 followers
February 4, 2024
Bardzo aktualna. Powinna być sprzedawana w pakiecie z „Cieszę się, że moja mama umarła” Jennette McCurdy.

Postać Evy jest świetnie rozpisana. Widać w niej tę 13-latkę, która wie, czego nie chce, ale nie umie zawalczyć o swoje w inny sposób niż buntem. Dorosła osoba czytając tę książkę będzie krzyczała: idź do wychowawczyni, zadzwoń do babci, powiedz komuś dorosłemu co czujesz! Ale to dorosła osoba. Dziecko będzie czuło inaczej. I ja czułam tę niepewność osoby w tym wieku, ten strach, wyolbrzymianie rzeczy. W postaci jej rodziców też nie trudno uwierzyć patrząc na wiele historii młodocianych gwiazd z Hollywood i ich rodziców. Jedyne z czym mam problem to końcówka książki. Zbyt gładka. Nie wierzę w to, jak wszystko przeszło bez większego echa i nagle rodzice ogarnęli. Za szybko się tu urwało.
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1,731 reviews1,342 followers
October 7, 2022
3,75⭐️
J’ai beaucoup aimé ma lecture, cette plongée dans la vie d’une enfant star des réseaux sociaux bien malgré elle. C’était drôle mais surtout hyper intéressant et bien construit… ça fait réfléchir tout en étant distrayant, bref une bonne lecture !
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590 reviews128 followers
June 10, 2022
เรื่องราวของ Eva เด็กสาวที่กลายเป็นคนดังตั้งแต่ยังไม่เกิด... ใช่แล้วค่ะ เธอเป็นคนดังตั้งแต่ยังเป็นแค่วุ้นในท้องของแม่ ทุกคนต่างรู้จักเธอ รู้ทุกซอกทุกมุม ทุกช่วงเวลาของเธอ เพราะเธอคือเด็กน้อยประจำบล็อก All About Eva แต่จะมีใครสักกี่คนที่จะรู้ความจริงว่าเบื้องหลังรอยยิ้มของเธอในคลิปวิดีโอพวกนั้น มันแลกมาด้วยความเจ็บปวดและน้ำตาของเธอมาตั้งเท่าไหร่

ยังคงรักงานเขียนของคุณ Tamsin Winter เหมือนเดิมค่ะ เล่มนี้เราหาซื้อมาอ่านต่อจากเล่ม Miss Being Nobody เลย เนื้อหาไม่ต่อกัน อ่านแยกเล่มได้ แต่ประเด็นปัญหาเยาวชนในเล่มนี้ดุเดือดไม่แพ้กับเล่มก่อนเลยค่ะ

เล่มนี้เล่นประเด็น Photographing and Filming Children ของพ่อแม่ของน้องเอวา โดยที่น้องไม่ได้ให้ความยินยอมค่ะ ปัญหาเริ่มใหญ่ขึ้นเมื่อพ่อแม่แอบนำเรื่องส่วนตัวสุดๆ ของน้องไปโพสลงบล็อก พอเพื่อนหรือครูไปเปิดเจอเข้าก็เอามาแซวน้องที่โรงเรียน ทำให้น้องรู้สึกอับอาย พอน้องบอกพ่อแม่ถึงปัญหา แต่พ่อแม่ก็ไม่หยุดจ้าาาา ทีนี้น้องเลยต้องงัดทุกวิธีเพื่อหยุดพ่อแม่ซะเอง

ถึงแม้หนังสือจะมุ่งเน้นเล่าไปที่ภารกิจขัดขวางพ่อแม่ไม่ให้โพสอะไรลง All About Eva และปัญหาวัยรุ่นงุ้งงิ้งระหว่างน้องกับเพื่อนสนิท แต่ก็ยังสะท้อนให้เห็นถึงผลเสียที่ตามมาของการนำชีวิตเด็กคนหนึ่งไปลงโซเชี่ยลให้คนแปลกหน้าทั่วโลกดูและคอมเม้นต์ แถมยังกล่าวถึงประเด็นหนักๆ อย่างการที่พ่อแม่มาหากินกับลูกตัวเองด้วยวิธีแบบนี้เพื่อแลกกับสปอนเซอร์ที่เข้ามาด้วย ถือว่าเรื่องนี้ดราม่าค่อนข้างหนักหน่วงเลยทีเดียว

สำหรับเรา เล่มนี้ตัวเอกของเรื่องอย่างน้องเอวาเป็นคนเข้มแข็ง อดทนอดกลั้นเก่งมากๆ พยายามพูดต่อรองกับพ่อแม่ด้วยเหตุผลก่อนเสมอ (แม้จะไม่เคยสำเร็จก็ตาม) เพื่อนๆ น้องมีทั้งคนที่โอเคและไม่โอเค และการที่น้องเอวากลายเป็นคนดังอย่างหลีกเลี่ยงไม่ได้แบบนี้ ย่อมกระทบต่อการสร้างสัมพันธ์และมีเพื่อนในชีวิตจริงเช่นกัน น้องเอวาเลยกลายเป็นเด็กที่มีปัญหาทั้งในบ้านและนอกบ้านอย่างสมบูรณ์ แต่เธอเอาอยู่แหละ แม้อาจจะต้องทำอะไรเสี่ยงคุกเสี่ยงตารางไปซะหน่อย 55555

เราชอบเล่มนี้ค่ะ เป็นเล่มที่พูดถึงปัญหาเด็กๆ ที่ทันสมัยและละเอียดอ่อนมากขึ้น แม้ผลเสียของการกระทำพ่อแม่น้องเอวาดูไม่ค่อยโหดร้ายรุนแรงมากนัก แต่เราสัมผัสได้ถึงความใจสลายของน้อง และการสูญเสียความเชื่อใจในพ่อแม่ตัวเอง ตอนอ่านนี่สะเทือนใจมาก ถึงกับน้ำตาคลอกับบางฉากในเล่มเลยค่ะ
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278 reviews45 followers
November 11, 2023
Podeszłam do tej książki bez żadnych oczekiwań z otwartą głową, kompletnie nie wiedząc czego się po niej spodziewać. Ale dostałam tak świetną historię!!
Czytało mi się ją niewiarygodnie szybko, na jednym posiedzeniu przeczytałam dosłownie połowę książki.
Oprócz niezłej rozrywki możemy też się czegoś nauczyć. A przede wszystkim jak nie popełniać błędów rodziców Evy.
Bohaterowie byli świetni, chociaż brakuje mi tu takiego wyjaśnienia jak w końcu skończyła relacja Evy Hailie oraz Pyry i Evy. Ich wątki mogły by zostać lepiej rozwinięte na końcu.

Jeśli szukacie książki o:
• dojrzewaniu
• internecie (wady i zalety, vlogi, popularność online itp.)
• przyjaźni
• niezrozumieniu ze strony rodziców

To ta książka jest dla was oraz idealnie się sprawdzi dla osób 12+ 💗
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4,762 reviews1,137 followers
April 15, 2022
Trigger warnings: bullying, , toxic parenting, emotional child abuse

I picked this up because a Year 7 student was literally laughing out loud reading it in class and if it can make a 13 year old crack up in class, it had to be doing something right. The premise is one that's all too real, and I spent 90% of the book wanting Eva to steal a credit card and run away to live with her grandmother because her parents were awful and would. not. listen. to. her.

I liked Eva as a protagonist, and the way that friendships grow and change over the course of the book was well handled. I, much like my student, laughed out loud multiple times and I flew through this in a couple of hours because I was so utterly invested in Eva's story and in what her terrible parents were going to do next. I'll definitely have to pick up more of Winters' books in the future because based on this one, they're perfect for kids who are a little bit too grown up for middle grade but aren't ready for some of the darker topics a lot of contemporary YA touches on.
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1,592 reviews51 followers
July 5, 2021
This was such an interesting premise - so unique, and so relevant. With more and more families becoming 'influencers' it's only a matter of time before this book becomes a reality I think. That's why i picked this book up to read - because of the fresh idea. I have never seen anything along these lines before.
Overall I enjoyed the reading experience, I found Tamsin Winter's writing style so easy to get on with. I sped through this. The reason I couldn't give this a higher star rating was because of the unlikeable characters. I really felt for Eva. No matter how much she told her parents her feelings about youtube, her parents didn't listen. This became very repetitive, and it felt uncomfortable at times. I appreciate this will sound extreme, but it felt like child abuse at times and Eva definitely was a victim. This didn't sit well with me. Particularly in a YA book.

I loved the concept, and adored Winter's writing style but it felt uncomfortable at times.

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68 reviews6 followers
May 23, 2021
The concept of family vloggers has long interested me, particularly those parents who film their children from before the kids are even born or from an age before they can even talk. These kids’ lives are documented on video and posted on the internet for anyone to see. The discussion over whether it’s ethically okay for kids to be filmed and the content posted to the internet when they can’t consent has been ongoing for a long time and is definitely a complicated one. So, I was really intrigued by the concept of this book, being about a girl, Eva, whose parents have been posting weekly vlogs since before she was born and whose entire life has been documented on her parents’ YouTube channel. However, Eva doesn’t feel comfortable with her life being shared online and decides to push back at her parents’ insistence that she takes part in the vlogs.

I think I went into this book with slightly misplaced expectations. My interest and excitement at reading a book on this topic blinded me to the fact that this is a book for younger readers and so it can’t delve too deeply into what is certainly a complex topic. The protagonist is 12 years old and the book is very much written for readers of around that age; with this in mind I definitely think it was a well-written book with an engaging plot that many young readers of that age will enjoy and maybe even relate to. Aside from the main topic it also touches on friendship, friendship break-ups, and bullying, among other topics that young teens would find relatable. So, if you’re an older reader, keep that in mind and don’t make the same mistake as me of expecting it to be written for a slightly older audience – this is definitely aimed at a younger teen/YA audience.

Generally, I thought the author did a fairly good job of writing a story that is both an easy and fun read and tackles an important and complex topic. However, I do think the issue of the consent of minors could have been taken a bit more seriously. Eva’s parents ignoring her wishes, guilt-tripping her into going along with things and generally putting an immense amount of pressure on a child to do something she feels uncomfortable with because her family’s income and security depends on it is, without exaggeration, a form of child abuse. However, I felt Eva’s parents were portrayed as slightly annoying and maybe a bit too obsessed with their YouTube channel but ultimately caring and capable parents. Almost everybody else also dismisses Eva’s discomfort at being on YouTube and basically gaslights her into thinking she’s overreacting and should be grateful for everything she has. This is something that I don’t think is challenged enough in this book, particularly in the third act when Eva takes “drastic action” (which arguably wasn’t really that drastic as it was her only option considering her parents kept ignoring her repeated pleas for privacy) to cut herself off from her parents’ vlogs, the reaction to which doesn’t, I feel, do enough to highlight that Eva was correct to stand up for herself and her right to privacy and shouldn’t be made to feel guilty for it.

It’s very likely that I’m being overly sensitive and overreacting, particularly as this is meant to be a fairly light-hearted book for younger readers, but I think when covering a topic such as this you should be over cautious about the message younger readers are getting from it and it should be highlighted that the parents’ behaviour is not acceptable and cannot be excused. I think if you plan to get this book for a younger reader then it would be helpful to also have a conversation with them about the topic and help them to understand that defending their right to privacy is okay.

I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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3,256 reviews75 followers
July 2, 2021
Girl (in real life) is a great teen read, broaching the topic of social media and the extent to which we invite unknown people into our lives while showing us a character trying to come to terms with who she is.
Eva is - in many ways - a typical girl…but since she was young her parents have vlogged about her. Videos of her hamster’s funeral and ‘cute’ events in her life have been viewed by thousands of people. She’s used to her home time being carefully orchestrated to protect ‘the brand’. As she’s grown up, however, Eva is more conscious of how this constant presence invades her life. Schoolmates mock her, some find it entertaining…but when her mum posts about her first period Eva decides enough is enough.
Eva tries to explain her reluctance - and her parents were portrayed as highly insensitive in this regard. But nothing changes.
As we can see coming a mile off, Eva takes matters into her own hands and enlists the help of a new student to reclaim her life. Badly thought out, messy, but it doesn’t totally backfire so Eva is happy enough and their comfortable ‘real life’ funded lifestyle isn’t affected.
With the younger audience in mind it doesn’t do anything than skirt a very complex issue. It is from Eva’s perspective so it’s quite easy to see it in isolation, but it’s a good starting point.
Thanks to NetGalley for allowing me to read this prior to publication in exchange for my honest review.
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201 reviews
August 28, 2024
Przyjemna książka, która mówi dużo prawdy o internecie i porusza ogólnie problem internetu. Ciekawa i czasami frustrujaca, (zwłaszcza jak czyta się o ludziach, którzy albo nie umieją poszanować czyjejś decyzji, albo o rówieśnikach głównej bohaterki, którzy też nie umieją się zachować) ale pełna mądrych przekazów i zdecydowanie warta przeczytania.
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887 reviews24 followers
July 7, 2021
Whenever I read books like this, I'm so pleased that I grew up while the Internet was still in its infancy. (No, don't do any math, it's depressing.) The kids at my school were bad enough. If we'd had YouTube and Twitter, Instagram...I can't believe kids make it out with their sanity intact, to be honest.

Eva's parents run a YouTube channel about...something. Parenting? Their vlogs are very unclear about what they're actually talking about. Whatever it is, Eva is the unwilling star. Everything she does and says is staged, posed and recorded before being shared with hundreds of thousands of viewers online.

That was...well, still problematic, but less so, when Eva was four. Now that she's twelve, things are getting out of hand, and something is going to have to give. Either her parent's channel...or their relationship.





There's so much second hand embarrassment reading this book! Eva's parents are awful, the things they put her through. Complicating that, it's clear they do care about her and they mean well; they aren't complete villains, like the majority of people in the real world. They just aren't listening to her real needs and wants for anything not connected to the channel.

Eva's friend group is brilliant. I'd like to point out that there's no romance, although it's clear one character has a crush on another. But these are twelve year olds who actually behave like twelve year olds, which is lovely to see. (also, what's with Eva's mother telling the world that Eva is a late starter? Is twelve late to get your period now? That was early when I was that age! [Again, please no math]) It's also refreshing that there's no Mean Girl; there's a male bully, who's fairly awful, and a girl who's clearly trying to steal Eva's friend, but she isn't a bully; she's catty, but not cruel. Otherwise, the female characters are almost universally supportive and nice.

BE AWARE a minor character dies, affecting Eva quite seriously.

I loved this. I think even kids who aren't Youtube stars can relate to it - we've all been embarrassed by our parents at some point! I'd love to read more about Eva and her parents as they transition to a less-famous lifestyle, but if this is what we get, I'll be happy with it.



(quick note to add I read this a few days ago and I keep going back to reread sections! I think this is one I'll be dipping in and out of for a while.)
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293 reviews
July 22, 2024
this was a really interesting plot choice for a book. it must be awful to have your entire life filmed - i was totally gritting my teeth with anger the entire time, as i wished eva would just scream at her parents already! they have no concept of consent whatsoever.

notes:
- i think it was cruel that farmor was killed off. she was eva’s safe space
- i usually dislike the friends to lovers thing with het couples, but spud has my whole heart
- eva’s parents are absolutely insufferable and nothing eva did was wrong. i would’ve done it five times over. she was literally being bullied at school because of the videos, and her parents clearly prioritised money and their channel (which relied entirely on eva!) over their child’s actual life.
- the ending was nice, with the boxes being sold, and the feeling that things were going to change, plus eva still being friends with carys - but why wasn’t spud’s crush on eva brought up again? it was so clearly her that he fancied!

again, like jemima small, this was an easy read, but it lacked the feeling of miss nobody. still, i’m interested to see what tamsin winter will do next.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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Author 1 book31 followers
November 22, 2021
A great middle-grade book suitable of tweens calling out BS of family vloggers and the influencer culture. Having watched family vlogs for a long time myself when I was younger, I’ve always never fully grasped the fact that these kids have there entire lives documented online, from every tantrum, birthday and missed tooth, which might prove catastrophic when they get older. The same goes for child stars and musicians. I praise Tamsin Winter for writing such a book with a message that is so needed in our times. The premise of the book is also easy for kids to love and follow along to: a YouTuber tween called Eva, brought into the spotlight since birth, with plenty of funny bits along the way. Likes, subscribers and following is not all it’s cracked up to be, especially for the person caught in the centre of it all.
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228 reviews4 followers
February 16, 2025
13-year-old Eva Andersen has had enough. Her whole life has been documented on her parent’s channel, All About Eva, and when a vlog is uploaded about Eva’s period, she takes drastic action to get her real life back.

This book is so necessary right now, in this technological world that we live in. At times it became repetitive, and I didn’t really appreciate the way teenagers were represented at all times, but this is a funny, heart warming and incredible book for readers aged 10+.
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505 reviews17 followers
April 27, 2023
J'étais curieuse de lire sur le sujet des familles vlogueuses et le thème de la vie privée, mais la couverture me donnait des airs un peu enfantin alors je n'avais pas beaucoup d'attentes. Voici donc ma critique!

Eh ben, c'est une belle surprise! Oui, le livre n'est pas parfait sur quelques points, mais le plaisir que j'ai eu de lire cette histoire surpasse largement le reste. J'ai trouvé Eva vraiment sympathique avec une belle personnalité authentique. Le seul bémol en ce qui la concerne c'est que le livre indique qu'elle a 13 ans, mais je lui aurais donné 16 ans. Très mature pour son âge et parfois très réfléchie dans ses monologues intérieurs. L'histoire oscille entre le ton plus sérieux (parents un peu imbu d'eux-mêmes et parfois toxiques, vie privée, cybercriminalité) et le ton un peu plus humoristique (l'ami Spud et son côté excentrique, les premières tentatives d'Eva de saboter la chaîne Youtube). C'est beau et c'est bien dosé. J'ai aussi bien aimé la façon que l'auteure a eu d'aborder l'amitié à cet âge surtout en ce qui concerne Eva et Carys ou Eva et Hallie (Gabi était vraiment rien qu'une petite teigne). C'est fait en nuances et c'est beau de voir Eva évoluer.

Puisque le livre s'adresse aux plus jeunes, il est impossible d'aller plus en profondeur dans les thèmes, mais l'histoire pose des basses saines pour entamer une discussion avec les jeunes. Petits points un peu moins positifs: Il y a un évènement triste vers la fin du livre qui semblait sortie de nul part et j'aurais voulu qu'on y accorde un peu plus de temps. Autre chose qui m'a un peu fait grincer des dents: la fin un peu trop rose et facile. Malgré tout, le livre garde une très belle place dans mon coeur. À vous de voir!
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214 reviews
March 8, 2023
This book really hit the spot for me. I’ve spent the past 3 months reading classics, and while I’m waiting for the next classic I’m going to read to arrive in the post, I really wanted something a bit simple. The core premise of this is original and intriguing, a girl who is the star of her family’s YouTube vlog channel … and hates it. The book obviously does take it to the extreme and these really are some of the most menacing and irritating parents ever, when if they weren’t as obviously bad the topic could have been explored with a bit more nuance. But that’s not to say they’re not realistic because they’re so extreme. I literally saw a TikTok today of a mum bitching about her daughter being ungrateful and telling a story about her being greedy asking for another Christmas present which is so similar to the parents criticism of Eva in their videos and newspaper column. Imagine your mum was doing that to you, surely you’d become the joker? The stuff with Hallie and Gabi was quite irrelevant and didn’t really go anywhere, Carys’s crimes at her old school were soooo stupid and overall it was obviously not very complex but also it’s not supposed to be. By the end Eva seems to think she made a mistake for what she did but I certainly do not think that she was in the wrong. Her parents were absolute arseholes and she literally told them how she felt a million times and they completely ignored her so I don’t see what other options she had. Overall, the ending was fine but not great. Even if her parents have finally stopped forcing her to be on the channel, they’re still evil to me and Eva’s gonna face the repercussions of what they’ve posted of her for a long time and obvs none of that was explored. But this is a good YA book and I enjoyed it.
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390 reviews118 followers
July 10, 2021
CW: Bullying, death of a family member.

It's so hard for me to review this book. Because I feel both feelings at the same time.
Eva our MC is a daughter of a famous family vlogger where her life has been put on display and famous even before she was born. And she is the subject of the family's social media channels.

I feel so angry at her parents. So reading this book made me mad. From the very first page to the end. Poor, poor Eva. She did not deserve any of this from her parents. AND at the same time. I am grateful that a book like this exist. Not saying at all family vloggers are bad. But, I am saying your kid's feelings are valid and should be respected.

Anyway for real, am I the only one feel so mad reading this book?
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134 reviews
August 25, 2021
Another great book by Tamsin Winter. This book really highlights the struggles young people go through if they’re being exposed all their lives.
This is an important issue that is circulating the internet right now particularly towards “family vloggers” in which we see an prime example of in this book.
Very enjoyable, heart-wrenching book, showing the internet break family apart and a tragic event and technical issues bring them back together.
Four stars from me ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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January 11, 2022
I loved this book!

Although this is aimed at kids I feel a lot of parents should read this, it definitely gets to the heart of some of our more self-destructive behaviours and it's definitely relevant to this day and age.

Tamsin Winter writes amazingly insightful, meaningful books and we should all be taking her books to heart.
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2,435 reviews21 followers
November 7, 2022
Tout d’abord, je tiens à remercier les éditions Slalom pour ce merveilleux envoi. Ce roman à la couverture pleine de pep’s est très intriguant au premier abord. Encore plus lorsque l’on regarde le résumé d’ailleurs! J’étais impatiente de pouvoir le découvrir et je n’ai pas été déçue le moins du monde ma lecture. Roman que j’ai dévoré en un rien de temps, j’étais tellement plongée dans ma lecture que j’étais clairement dans une bulle et plus rien n’existait autour de moi. Je ne sais pas vous mais moi ça m’arrive très souvent d’ailleurs ça, ça m’arrive même d’oublier de manger par moments tellement je suis à fond dans ma lecture oops!

Je découvre la plume de Tamsin avec ce roman. Je ne connaissais pas du tout cette auteure mais je suis ravie d’avoir pu découvrir sa plume. Elle regroupe tout ce que j’aime lorsque je dévore un livre. Tout d’abord, son roman est hyper addictif. On veut toujours en savoir plus, on tourne les pages encore et encore. De plus, les chapitres sont assez courts (team chapitres. courts, je le dis à chaque fois mais tant pis!) mais surtout la dernière phrase du chapitre est tellement intrigante qu’on continue de lire encore et encore. Il se lit en un rien de temps, sincèrement je n’ai pas vu les pages défiler tant j’étais à fond dans cette histoire. Et puis sa plume est vraiment fluide et c’est un vrai bonheur de se plonger dedans!

Dans ce roman, on va suivre le personnage d’Eva. Elle n’était même pas encore née que sa chaîne Youtube comptait déjà 10 000 abonnés. Désormais âgée de 13 ans, ils sont des millions à suivre le moindre de ses gestes. Cadeaux, faveurs et voyages affluent avec la célébrité. En gros c’est une vraie vie de rêve. Mais une vie de rêve qui ne que fictive… Rien ne doit sortir du cadre de la caméra, pas même l’annonce de ses premières règles! C’est l’humiliation de trop pour Eva. À présent, elle est bien décidé à se faire entendre et à reprendre le contrôle de sa vie!

Alors clairement ce roman m’a mise en colère. Bon par contre petite précision, j’ai adoré cette lecture hein ce n’est pas du tout ça le problème. Le thème que l’on aborde dans ce roman, c’est les parents vlogueurs qui mettent leurs enfants en scène pour des vidéos Youtube. Et c’est un sujet qui m’énerve mais vraiment. Ce genre de chaîne Youtube, ça me met terriblement mal à l’aise, je déteste ça. Je trouve que c’est vraiment profiter des enfants pour amasser le plus de fric possible. Et dans ce roman c’est exactement ce cas! Eva en a marre de se faire filmer tout le temps, elle aimerait avoir une vie plus normale mais surtout que ses parents arrête de dévoiler sa vie privée comme ça aux yeux du monde. Sa mère a quand même fait une vidéo pour préciser qu’Eva est devenue une femme et qu’elle a eu ses premières règles. Bien que ce soit quelque chose de naturelle et surtout pas tabou, je n’aurais vraiment pas envie que le monde entier sache que j’ai eu mes règles pour la première.. Mais ce qui m’énerve le plus dans cette histoire c’est vraiment les parents d’Eva. Plusieurs fois, elle leur fait la remarque qu’elle ne veut plus, qu’elle en a marre qu’elle veut arrêter et ils l’écoutent JAMAIS! Ils ne font pas attention à elle, à ce qu’elle a vraiment envie, à ce qu’elle ressent. Ils lui font même comprendre parfois que c’est leur travail et qu’il ne faut pas en faire tout un plat. Et je vous jure, je pourrais en parler des heures de ça mais ça m’a vraiment mise hors de moi. Je trouve leur façon de faire tellement horrible. Les remarques qui lui sortent parfois mais non. Elle a 13 ans, tout le monde se moque d’elle au collège et même ça ils ne le prennent pas en compte.. Je levais les yeux au ciel quasiment à chaque page pendant ma lecture.

Je trouve ça tout de même super d’avoir un roman qui aborde ce thème. Les réseaux sociaux prennent de plus en plus de place dans nos vies, on ne va pas se mentir. Les chaînes Youtube, il en existe des tonnes et des tonnes et il y en a pour tous les goûts. Ce que je trouve affreux et dommage parfois avec ça, c’est que si le succès est là, vous pouvez très vite amassé une bonne grosse somme avec tous les sponsors et compagnie. C’est un peu la culture du vide je trouve. On ne fait rien et tout nous tombe dessus. Alors, attention, je ne dis pas que tous les youtubeurs ne font rien hein. J’en suis tout de même beaucoup qui amènent un vrai contenu et c’est énormément de boulot. Je m’en rend bien compte. Mais vous voyez ce que je veux dire? Pas étonnant qu’une tonne de jeunes veulent devenir influenceur ou que sais-je.. Mais les chaînes youtube famille comme ça, je trouve ça hyper gênant et malaisant en vérité. Alors avoir un roman qui traite ce sujet et, en plus, du point de vue de l’enfant je trouve ça vraiment génial.

J’ai beaucoup aimé le personnage d’Eva. Elle m’a vraiment profondément touché. Elle se sent extrêmement mal, ses parents ne l’écoutent jamais, tout le monde se moque d’elle au collège et j’en passe. Elle ne peut pas non plus faire ce qu’elle veut parce qu’il faut tourner. Et sa mère n’hésite pas à mettre les devoirs au second plan! Plus on avance dans le roman et plus Eva en a marre. Cette situation lui pèse énormément et ça me fait tellement de peine de la voir comme ça.. Ce qui fait le plus mal, c’est de la voir dire qu’elle veut arrêter qu’elle en a marre et qu’on ne l’écoute pas.. J’ai adoré le personnage de Spud, son voisin! Ce féru de sciences me fait vraiment mourir de rire, j’ai adoré le découvrir. J’ai aussi beaucoup aimé Carys, la nouvelle amie d’Eva. C’est grâce à elle qu’elle va se rebeller et essayer de faire ouvrir les yeux à ses parents. Elles frappent fort mais au final quand on voit la finalité, il n’y avait vraiment que cette solution.. Sans surprise, je n’ai vraiment pas aimé ses parents, impossible pour moi de les trouver géniaux alors qu’ils ne pensent qu’à leur chaîne et néglige le bien être mental de leur fille. Ce ne sont pas des personnes méchantes mais la façon qu’ils ont d’agir m’a vraiment fait monter sur mes grands chevaux..

Ce roman a été une excellente lecture, j’ai adoré découvrir l’histoire d’Eva. La plume de l’auteure est super addictive, les pages défilent sans même que l’on s’en rende compte. Je l’ai littéralement dévoré et c’était beaucoup trop bien. Un roman vraiment difficile à lâcher. J’ai adoré le thème abordé, c’est un sujet de société actuelle, sujet qui divise malgré tout. Certaines personnes ne trouveront rien de dérangeant, certaines penseront le contraire. Moi personnellement, et ce n’est que mon avis, je trouve ça vraiment très très dérangeant et je n’adepte pas du tout à ce concept.. Le personnage d’Eva est vraiment touchante et on ne peut s’empêcher d’avoir énormément de peine de voir comment ses parents se comportent avec elle.. Pour réussir à s’affranchir de tout ça, elle va devoir taper fort, ce qu’elle a fait d’ailleurs. Mais au final elle n’avait vraiment pas le choix. Le fait d’avoir le roman du point de vue de l’enfant est hyper intéressant. J’ai vraiment beaucoup aimé ce roman et je ne peux que vous le conseiller!
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2,137 reviews1,005 followers
January 15, 2022
This enjoyable novel follows Eva, who has been an influencer even before she was born thanks to her parents' YouTube channel. Aptly named 'All About Eva', the no-holds-barred channel even has a vlog about her period. It's not long before Eva has had enough and decides to strikes back...

While this was a mostly light-hearted read (with some heavier moments), I thought it provided a great take on influencer culture and social media toxicity, with a focus on family vloggers and their children. How much is too much? And does it border on exploitation?

Although I didn't necessarily agree with Eva's actions sometimes, I could feel her frustration and desperation which I thought the author portrayed very well.

The writing was easy to breeze through and I really enjoyed the story. It's my first book by the author but definitely won't be my last.

Favourite quotes:

✨ "But sometimes, it's only what you get what you want that you realize what a massive mistake you've made."

✨ "But the general rule of my life is that I'm rubbish at just about everything. Mum says that's what makes me so relatable. So now me failing at stuff is part of their brand."

✨ "The Brand was like the fourth member of our family. Most of the time, The Brand felt like the most important member of our family."
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140 reviews15 followers
June 9, 2021
Thank you so much @usborneya and @netgalley for approving me to read this AMAZING BOOK!!!!!
I am a huge fan of Tamsin Winter and in my opinion she writes the BEST young adult fiction!!

Girl In Real Life is just brilliant, we follow Eva, who’s parents have a YouTube channel following their lives. Except Eva has had enough. She doesn’t want every single bit of her life being shared with their fans, the For-Eva’s, no matter how “on brand” it might be!

For me this book is everything that is wrong with these YouTube family vloggers (purely my opinion) My daughter watches loads of this kind of stuff and I just struggle with it, so I found the story completely relatable!! It’s wonderfully written and the story flows perfectly.

There are some fabulous supporting characters, such as Spud and Carys and quite honestly I was devastated when the book finished!!

All in all this is sheer young adult perfection and I cannot wait for more people to read this amazing book!!!
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74 reviews2 followers
December 10, 2023
To była bardzo dobra i pouczająca książka. Wywołała we mnie wiele skrajnych emocji i zmusiła do głębszych przemyśleń na ważne tematy. Początkowo sądziłam, że będzie to zwyczajna młodzieżówka, jednak wyróżnia ją przede wszystkim to, że pokazuje problemy, z jakimi spotykają się młode nastolatki. Tę opowieść czytało mi się wręcz ekspresowo. Uwielbiam książki, w których język jest tak lekki, że aż czuje się, jak gładko się przez nie płynie. Podobał mi się też humor autorki, który wywoływał uśmiech na mojej twarzy. Muszę jednak stwierdzić, że zakończenie było trochę zbyt nagłe i proste, ale w żadnym stopniu nie ujmuje to tej historii.
Będę dobrze wspominać czas, który spędziłam przy „Dziewczynie w realu”. I chociaż da się dość mocno odczuć, że jest ona skierowana głównie do młodszej młodzieży, to jednak mi jako 24-latce czytało się ją wyśmienicie!❤️
1 review
January 3, 2025
This book is incredible. I really enjoyed reading it. Once I picked the book up I couldn’t put it down. This book is about a girl who is in a channel with her parents but she does not want to be a part of the channel. When she makes a new friend things change when she takes matters into her own hands. I would recommend this for girls especially from the ages of 8-13. I highly recommend this book.
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143 reviews
July 9, 2023
J'ai dévoré cette histoire tellement je l'ai trouvé prenante. J'ai adoré du début à la fin cette pépite.

J'ai trouvé l'histoire super intéressante parce qu'elle est dans l'air du temps avec le fait d'utiliser les réseaux sociaux pour partager des moments de sa vie.
Eva est une collegienne, mais surtout une star de youtube grâce à ses parents qui tiennent la chaine « La vie d'Eva » depuis toujours. Mais lorsque ses parents poussent le bouchon trop loin en postant une vidéo très personnelle, Eva voit rouge. Elle essaie de faire comprendre à ses parents par tous les moyens qu'elle veut arrêter et surtout qu'elle veut que la vidéo soit supprimée, mais ils ne comprennent pas son malêtre et ses envies. Depuis, elle vit un enfer jusqu'à ce qu'elle fasse la rencontre de Carys, une nouvelle élève et grâce à elle, Eva va pouvoir commencer une rébellion pour peut être enfin avoir une vie normale avec ses ami(e)s, ses secrets et ses talents.

J'ai adoré aussi le personnage de Spud qui est à la fois drôle et attachant.

J'ai beaucoup aimé le rapport aux réseaux sociaux et le fait que lorsque l'on commence à poster et qu'on gagne des likes et des abonnés, il est difficile de lâcher prise parce qu'on devient accro et qu'on s'engouffre dans une spirale sans fin.

C'est un roman qui fait réfléchir sur la façon de se servir des réseaux sociaux, sur ce qu'on veut bien partager ou non avec le monde entier et sur l'image que l'on veut montrer de nous.

Une histoire passionnante que j'ai eu plaisir à lire.
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177 reviews14 followers
December 26, 2022
⭐️⭐️,✨️

J'ai pas trop aimé l'écriture, mais l'histoire était intéressante
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38 reviews
February 25, 2023
Shows what it is like to be a girl and go through changes while people are in on your life through social media.
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