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Like Me: A Novel | Hayley Phelan
10 posts | 9 read | 4 to read
A propulsive psychological thriller that follows an aspiring model down a social mediafuelled rabbit hole of obsession, narcissism and self-destruction. For nineteen-year-old Mickey, Instagram offers a tantalizing portal into the world she wishes she inhabited. Though beautiful, cunning and privileged, Mickey finds herself with a stalled modelling career, an escalating drinking problem, few friends and next to nothing in the bank. To numb her growing despair, she spends her days frantically refreshing her Instagram feed, obsessively tracking the movements of Insta-famous model Gemma Anton. Gemma is a perfected version of Mickey, living a seemingly perfect life: a skyrocketing career, a famous photographer boyfriend and adoring followersthe life Mickey wants more than anything for herself. She studies every detail Gemma offers through the window of her phone, trying to absorb, learn, mimic, become the object of her growing fascination. Then, a chance encounter thrusts Mickey into a world of opportunity, and she is met with surprising, and immediate, success. But as her online persona begins to take over her life, Mickey finds it increasingly difficult to separate reality from the faade of Instagram. Engrossing, sharp and astute, Like Me is a shimmering portrait of infatuation, disconnection and identity in the digital ageand a dazzling introduction to a brilliant new voice in contemporary literature.
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she.hearts.horror
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Mehso-so

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Lizwarnerpdx
Like Me: A Novel | Hayley Phelan
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This was a psychological thriller. The chapters just run on and on. This isn‘t the first book I‘ve read where the character(s) are completely obsessed with their social media brand. I sure hope the world doesn‘t make this a reality. Living in a delusional, narcissistic, egotist way to get all the likes is no way to live.

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bookandbedandtea
Like Me: A Novel | Hayley Phelan
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Bailedbailed

I only made it through 3 chapters of the tagged book and less than 2 of the other one. The first was confusing, the second was immature and I was not in the mood to see if they got better.

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emannhart
Like Me: A Novel | Hayley Phelan
Pickpick

Not sure how I felt about this one. A bit Ingrid Goes West and Last Night in Soho combined. It was an intriguing story but a bit predictable and I'm not sure it was saying anything new but it was absorbing.

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carlthecattt
Like Me: A Novel | Hayley Phelan
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Panpan

While the message is clear, the writing itself is terrible. It felt like the author was trying to bring up so many current happenings that it just made it unlikeable.
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BookLineNSinker
Like Me: A Novel | Hayley Phelan
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So this is next up in my queue for the #Marchreadathon. It was just published and the audiobook caught my eye on Audible because it was only $1.99 with the Kindle unlimited book. Well see if it's money we'll spent but I'd pay $2.00 for any book I haven't already read.

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Booksandtea23
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DrLReads
Like Me: A Novel | Hayley Phelan
Mehso-so

I am still digesting this book. It is a tough read (content note: sexual assault, discussions of disordered eating, violence. The story isn‘t quite what I expected and the ending fell fell a bit flat, but a solid debut novel otherwise.

julieclair Thanks for this helpful review. 3y
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