The Follower, Kate Doughty
The Follower, Kate Doughty
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The Follower

Author: Kate Doughty

Narrator: Sara Sheckells

Unabridged: 12 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 07/16/2024


Synopsis

Kate Doughty's The Follower is a spine-tingling YA thriller based on a true story.

Instagram-famous triplets Cecily, Amber, and Rudy—the children of home renovation superstars—are ready for a perfect summer. They've just moved onto the site of their parents' latest renovation project when they begin to receive spine-tingling messages from someone called The Follower. It soon becomes clear that this anonymous threat is more than a simple Internet troll, and they can't wait to shatter the Cole family's perfect veneer and take back what's theirs.

The Follower examines the implications of what it is to be watched in the era of social-media fame—as well as the lies we tell and the lengths we'll go to uphold a perfect image, when our lives depend on it.

"Teens love a mystery, and this one is definitely a page-turner." —School Library Journal

Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer on October 22, 2020

90’s popcorn teen horror movies and some small vibes of Fear Street series blended in modern generations’ social media addiction with one of my favorite themes: to be trapped in a haunted house! Oh, yes. It sounds like best way to spend your Friday night, turning yourself into human burrito by wrapp......more

Goodreads review by Chelsea on March 01, 2021

Why are we still using mental illness to villainize characters? Also, please note that this book does contain the gruesome murder of an animal. *I received a review copy of this book from the publisher.......more

Goodreads review by Erin on September 21, 2020

A clever modernization of the haunted house trope!......more

Goodreads review by Mallory on July 11, 2021

This was fun in a cheesy 90’s horror movie kind of way. I liked the characters for the most part (the parents drove me a little crazy), but I did think that the writing over explained things at times and repeated things too much. The Cole triplets run a family Instagram account that shows their fami......more

Goodreads review by Laura on February 15, 2021

Social media stalking meets the true crime "Watcher" case. I've seen quite a few thrillers recently based on the dangers of living your lives as online as influencers do, and I'm always pretty interested. There's a lot of really interesting and creepy possibilities to be mined. I've also been really......more