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Olivia Muenter: Such a Bad Influence (2024, Quirk Books) 1 star

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1 star

In comparison with her younger sister @evelyn, a lifestyle influencer, Hazel Davis is drifting: she’s settled in her career, living in a city she hates, and less successful.

Despite Evie’s multimillion-dollar career, Hazel is still protective of her little sister and skeptical of everyone wanting a piece of her: Evie’s followers, her boyfriend and influencer adversaries, and their opportunistic mom. Evie’s disappearance during an unsettling live stream horrified Hazel, proving her worst instincts correct.

In order to unravel the truth about Evie’s disappearance, Hazel plunges herself into the darkest corners of her sister’s world to gather clues. Hazel knows Evie better than anyone… Right?

This book is a waste of time. I wish I could rate it 0 stars. How do I even begin?

Although there were so many potentials in this book, it was so boring! As I read, I kept waiting for the plot to pick up speed and offer true suspense, but it never did.

‘Such a Bad Influence’ explores the reality of aging child social media influencers who realize the world has seen their whole lives. It is a hot topic, and I am interested in it, so I was excited to read this book.

It was hard to continue the book despite how much I hated it. I was hoping the ending would wow me. Maybe her sister was dead or kidnapped, but no, she just took a break and go MIA. The classification of this book as a mystery & thriller is a disgrace because it contained little mystery and was not thrilling.

In the end, the book made no sense to me. I regret that there is no way to reclaim my time. It will be my last time reading a book by this author.