BOOK REVIEW RUNDOWN: HATE FOLLOW

📖BOOK TITLE: HATE FOLLOW 

📖AUTHOR: ERIN QUINN-KONG

📖THOUGHTS&OPINIONS: 

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No doubt this book brought about some important points that call for discussion, but personally, I felt there was a lot going on, from some form of dependency on alcohol to coping with the loss of a loved one, a new boyfriend, a cancer diagnosis, bullying, bribery, etc.

Where do we draw the line between what to post as parents and what not to post? No offense, but all the things Whitney did for her socials, I did not see one single thing wrong with it, and if that was not enough, Mia's best friend family suggested seeing a lawyer, and they have never seen Whitney's account. I found it really creepy that the Garcias were too accepting of the whole situation.

Yeah, Whitney had to do what she had to do; she gave her family a stable income and used writing as therapy. A mother and her daughter who have not properly moved on from their husband and father's death—Whitney found a way to cope with her grief by sharing tidbits of her life on her socials. Mia feels betrayed that her mother has moved on and has a new boyfriend, and she starts to feel bitter, threatening her mother. Yes, it is okay for Mia to have a right to privacy, but isn't it going to far suing your mom and living in some other place where your siblings, whom you claim to love, were not with you for some weeks?

Like I said earlier, a lot of things were going on in this book that the focus kept shifting from Whitney and Mia to other people who I think are not relevant to the story. There was supposed to be a court case, but that also ended so abruptly that I thought that I missed a chapter or two. The ending felt so inconclusive, but as I said at the beginning, this novel poses a lot of important issues for discussion.

📖RATINGS: 3 STARS ⭐⭐⭐