People who need help, advice, someone to talk to or just to tell them that someone is there for them. Hundreds, then thousands then even millions of followers later, Vicky has created an online community of people who all feel invisible – like her. However what Vicky didn’t anticipate was the account growing – quite rapidly. But she uses this account to photo-shop herself into photos and give herself a life, basically. So when she finds out that Jenna is making new friends, getting a boyfriend and unfortunately, feels like she’s been forgotten by her old best friend, Vicky creates an Instagram account called Vicurious. She has no friends in school, is terrified of the thought of trying to make any and knows full well that she’s mostly invisible to the outside world. So naturally, having that one comfort move away has an affect on Vicky. She kept painful shy and socially awkward Vicky grounded in a world that she was terrified of. Quick run-down: Vicky’s best and only friend Jenna, moves away. I love YA and I love books about mental health which, judging by the blurb, sounded like it would feature. I liked the fact that Instagram played a big part in the story – something I’m obviously very aware of. I was really eager to start this because I loved the title and the blurb got me really curious. So first of all, thank you to Sharon for running that giveaway and sending me a gorgeous hardback copy along with a selection of bookmarks with quotes on. It’ll come to no surprise that I won a copy – yay. Review: I’d seen this book floating around on Twitter for quite a while and was intrigued so when I saw the author running a giveaway to win a copy, I thought I’d enter. In this beautiful and illuminating narrative, Sharon Huss Roat shines a light on our love of social media and how sometimes being the person you think you want to be isn’t as great as being the person you truly are. To help them, and herself, Vicky must find the courage to face her fear of being “seen,” because only then can she stop living vicariously and truly bring the magic of Vicurious to life. But the more followers she finds online, the clearer it becomes that there are a lot of people out there who feel like her- #alone and #ignored in real life. And as Vicurious’s online followers multiply, Vicky realizes she can make a whole life for herself without ever leaving her bedroom. Instantly, she begins to get followers, so she adds herself to more photos from all over the world with all types of people. So she decides to invent a social life by Photoshopping herself into other people’s pictures, posting them on Instagram under the screen name Vicurious. But when Jenna moves away, Vicky’s isolation becomes unbearable. Blurb: Vicky Decker has perfected the art of hiding in plain sight, quietly navigating the halls of her high school undetected except by her best (and only) friend, Jenna.
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