Review : How to Disappear - Sharon Huss Roat
Review: How to Disappear - Sharon Huss Roat - August 2017
This book was one that will tug on your emotional
heartstrings as we meet Vicky Decker who is shy and has severe social anxiety
especially now since her best friend has moved away and she feels all
alone. One day while playing around with photoshop as Vicky is a
photoshop genius, she creates a new Instagram account called Vicurious where she posts photoshopped pictures
of herself at events surrounded by people. As
the book goes along, we read as the account Vicurious goes viral, and the
number of subscribers keeps rising. As
Vicky starts posting more, she learns more about the world and the people
around her and that just like her; there
are thousands out there that are lonely, and
some need someone to care for them or tell them that they are not invisible.
What happens though when Vicky's life becomes so wrapped up in the Vicurious account that she doesn't realize what is happening around her in real
life and that the ones she cares about,
need her more than anything else in life. Can Vicky disconnect for a moment to
save her friend Jenna's life? This got me thinking about social media and
loneliness as sometimes being popular in the social world can make you feel
important and not forgotten as in real life, we can be just as lonely as
Vicky. For me, online I have people who I would consider friends, but If I was to compare,
I have more people online who I would call friends than in reality as I find it
hard to make friends and connect with people.
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