Under the Influence

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A low-stakes novel about a woman who falls into working for a toxic influencer. Based on the author‘s real-life experiences. I had a couple issues with the plot and pacing, but mostly thought it was pretty enjoyable.

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ClairesReads

Under the Influence | Noelle Crooks

pan

Any easy read and for some reason I stuck with it even though it was totally predictable and pretty lame.

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kbuggle

Under the Influence | Noelle Crooks

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An easy read that really leans into all of the influencer/self-help/self-care tropes - full of fun drama.

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Megabooks

Under the Influence | Noelle Crooks

bailed

Can we just stop with the books about 20somes with toxic bosses in fashion or influencing? These characters, which are uninteresting caricatures, put this from satire to ridiculous pretty quickly. We‘ve had Miranda Priestly. If you can‘t do better than her, I‘m going to bail. I stuck around a bit because this is set in Nashville, but I realized pretty quickly that the author had only been there for a bachelorette party. š‘ˇš¸»š‘ˇš¸»

BarbaraBB Won‘t read it but had to laugh about your review! So good š¤£š 13mo

squirrelbrain Fab review! š¤£ 13mo

Soubhiville Hahaha! I love your review. š† 13mo

Megabooks @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @Soubhiville thanks!! Sometimes it‘s fun to write the pans/bails! š¤£š¤£ 13mo

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Megabooks

Under the Influence | Noelle Crooks

#libraryhaul and first frost of the Fall!

I went to pick up my holds, Under the Influence and Run Time, and went upstairs to pick up the Rash from the backlist shelves and three more books just leapt into my library bagā€¦funny how that seems to happenā€¦š¤”š¤£š¤£

Thanks @jlhammar for the Rash rec!

Dad starts treatment for bladder cancer today, so I was glad to take a moment for myself yesterday. We caught it early! š™¸š¸»

Scochrane26 Hope your dad heals quickly! I have a client whose mother was dealing with bladder cancer and is well now. 13mo

AmyG May treatment go exactly as planned for your Dad and may it be easy on him. 13mo

Bookwormjillk Thinking of you and your Dad 13mo

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jlhammar Hope you enjoy it as much as I did! I have the audiobook for Run Time among my loans currently (haven't started it yet) and just bought the Krug last week - can't wait to dive in. Sorry to hear about your Dad. Hope treatment goes well. 13mo

Ruthiella Wishing the best possible outcome for your dad. ā¯¤ļø¸ 13mo

zuzia Thinking of you and your dad. 13mo

Megabooks @Scochrane26 I‘m so happy for her! š™¸š¸» my dad has a good outcome, too. Thank you! 13mo

Megabooks @jlhammar well, we‘re reading a lot of the same books now (no surprise)! I hope you enjoy the new Rash, and thanks for your rec over there! I appreciate the good wishes for my dad, too. 13mo

Megabooks @AmyG @Bookwormjillk @Ruthiella @zuzia thanks so much! š’š’ Dad‘s first treatment went really well, so I‘m hopeful we have a system in place that makes all the subsequent go smoothly, too. We‘ve hired a person to come and help him in the afternoon after each treatment. She is SO KIND but VERY EXTROVERTED. So the first thing we all did after she left was sleep because we‘re all on the introverted side. š¤£š¤£ But we so appreciated her help! 13mo

BarbaraBB Thanks for this update. So glad it went well and that you have help now. I can see it‘s tiresome though, someone who keeps on talking š€š€ 13mo

AmyG Ah, glad it went well. Godspeed on the extroverted helper. I so get it. 13mo

Megabooks @BarbaraBB I will write you back soon!! I am so happy about your mother‘s situation! Still recovering from yesterday. š‚š‚ 13mo

Megabooks @AmyG thanks! I‘m hoping she‘ll chill a bit now that she knows us. š¤˛š¸»š¤˛š¸» 13mo

Suet624 Best wishes to your dad. It‘s great you caught it early. I had to laugh as you explained about having to take a nap after the helper left. Totally get it. 13mo

Megabooks @Suet624 thank you! I appreciate her expertise and kindness, but LORDY it was overwhelming! Between that and dealing with my dad‘s first treatment and those unknowns and my mom‘s catastrophizing, i was still exhausted today. š¤¦š¸»ā€¨ā™€ļø¸ Fortunately, dad is not having ill effects yet. š™¸š¸» 13mo

Centique Best wishes for your Dad Meg š’• I am so glad they caught it early. Hope the side effects are not too harsh xxx 13mo

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she.hearts.horror

Under the Influence | Noelle Crooks

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A quick light read.

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JoyBlue

Under the Influence | Noelle Crooks

so-so

I did not drink the Kool-Aid. Would you? Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#under-the-influence

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amyrohn

Under the Influence | Noelle Crooks

Made it home and I‘m 16 chapters in and y‘all, this book is wiiiiiild. I find the influencer world fascinating in a ā€it‘s a train wreck but I can‘t look awayā€¯ kind of way and this is really scratching my itch. Time to keep tearing through it while my roommates watch F1 in the background.

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amyrohn

Under the Influence | Noelle Crooks