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The Influencers
The Influencers | Anna-Marie McLemore
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A social media influencer's empire is burned to the ground—literally. The top suspects? The five daughters who made her famous.
"Mother May I" Iverson has spent the past twenty years building a massively successful influencer empire with endearing videos featuring her five mixed-race daughters. But the girls are all grown up now, and the ramifications of having their entire childhoods commodified start to spill over into public view, especially in light of the pivotal Who killed May’s newlywed husband and then torched her mansion to cover it up?
April is a businesswoman feuding with her mother over IP; twins June and July are influencers themselves, threatening to overtake May’s spotlight; January is a theater tech who steers clear of her mother and the limelight; and the youngest…well, March has somehow completely disappeared. As the days pass post-murder, everyone has an opinion—the sisters, May, a mysterious "friend of the family," and the collective voice of the online audience watching the family’s every move—with suspicion flying every direction.
A campy and escapist exploration of race, gender, sexuality, and class, The Influencers is an evisceration of influencer culture and how alienating traditional expectations can be, ripe for the current moment when the first generation of children made famous by their parents are, now, all grown up—and looking for retribution.
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The Influencers | Anna-Marie McLemore
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Mehso-so

May has long been an influencer, mining her kids‘ lives for content. Now her husband (and the adult kids‘ stepdad) is found dead in suspicious circumstances. Partly a whodunit and partly a (valid) critique/condemnation of using kids for content, this one dilutes out the possibilities of both. There‘s some good stuff here, but it could have been so good with a lot more editing.

IriDas I hear that complaint too often these days: this could have been better with some editing. :/ As a former editor (because there aren‘t enough jobs) this really is upsetting. 5d
Hooked_on_books @IriDas That would be upsetting for sure! And I do feel like I‘ve seen this problem more as the years have gone by. I hope publishing takes note, but we‘ll just have to see, I guess. 🤷🏼‍♀️ 5d
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