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All the Lonely People
All the Lonely People | David Owen
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Everyone tells Kat that her online personality - confident, funny, opinionated - isn't her true self. Kat knows otherwise. The internet is her only way to cope with a bad day, chat with friends who get all her references, make someone laugh. But when she becomes the target of an alt-right trolling campaign, she feels she has no option but to Escape, Delete, Disappear. With her social media shut down, her website erased, her entire online identity void, Kat feels she has cut away her very core: without her virtual self, who is she? She brought it on herself. Or so Wesley keeps telling himself as he dismantles Kat's world. It's different, seeing one of his victims in real life and not inside a computer screen - but he's in too far to back out now. As soon as Kat disappears from the online world, her physical body begins to fade and while everybody else forgets that she exists, Wesley realises he is the only one left who remembers her. Overcome by remorse for what he has done, Wesley resolves to stop her disappearing completely. It might just be the only way to save himself. All the Lonely People is a timely story about online culture - both good and bad - that explores the experience of loneliness in a connected world, and the power of kindness and empathy over hatred.
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juliannebenford
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My January and February combined wrap-up blog post and video is up! Visit the link in my profile to click through to my blog or YouTube channel and out what I thought about all the books I read in the first two months of 2019 💜📚

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juliannebenford
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I meant to read a few pages of this over breakfast but haven't been able to put it down! It's about a girl who literally turns invisible after three boys at her school hound her into completely deleting her internet presence. The other point of view comes from one of those boys, who is torn between wanting to help her and wanting to fit in with the only people who have ever wanted him as a friend. It's very creepy and thoughtful.

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juliannebenford
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I'm delighted to have been able to find both books for my book clubs this month at my local library!

All the Lonely People is this month's #bookclubYA pick and when I had a peek inside I saw a Leslie Knope quote so I had to get out the Funko! It's brand new, I found it waiting for me on the new books display. If you're in London and fancy reading it and joining us for the discussion, it's on 28th February from 6pm at Waterstones Piccadilly.

Book_Gobbler If I lived in London, I‘d be there! 5y
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