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Kiss Me First by Lottie Moggach
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Kiss Me First (edition 2013)

by Lottie Moggach (Author)

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This chilling and intense novel tells the story of a solitary young woman drawn into an online world run by a charismatic web guru who entices her into impersonating a glamorous but desperate woman. Now a series on Netflix.

A sheltered young woman raised by a single mother, Leila often struggled to connect with the girls at school. On an internet community for philosophical and ethical debate, she finally comes into her own, and is flattered when the websiteâ??s brilliant, charismatic founder invites her to be part of Project Tess. Communicating only through online channels, Leila immerses herself in Tessâ??s world. She must learn every detail about this other womanâ??s life: her motherâ??s birthday, her favorite songs, her best friends, her first kiss. Because soon, Leila will have to become her. And Tess will disappear.

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The Guardian First Book Prize
British National Book Awardâ??New Writ
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Title:Kiss Me First
Authors:Lottie Moggach (Author)
Info:Doubleday (2013), Edition: First Edition, 320 pages
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Very interesting take on social media - Leila is a dowdy, shut-in teenager traumatised by the death of her mother. She is drawn in by a sinister and manipulative man to cover for the suicide of the brilliant, mercurial Tess. Leila will pretend to be Tess online, as Tess is exhausted by her bipolar disorder and through this plan wants to stop her friends and family being hurt by her decision to die. But Leila's peculiar Aspergersian blindness soon sees the plan spiral out of control as Leila wakes up to the possibilities of being Tess, even if only virtually, and all despite the fact that Leila is unable to properly process the relationships and subtleties of the worldly Tess.

It's a car crash waiting to happen, of course, but there are some wonderful observations and set pieces. Leila is a really nice example of a narrator who is not unreliable, per se - the audience is so much better placed to see what's going on than Leila could ever be. Nevertheless, from the security of her tiny bedroom Leila ends up on a whistle stop tour of what it's like to be an adult that will change her forever.

Definitely worth a go.
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  Helen.Callaghan | Aug 28, 2023 |
This is a re-read for me. This is one of my favorites. ( )
  Jonez | Sep 23, 2022 |
Interesting premise, hiring someone to impersonate you on Facebook etc so that you can commit suicide
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  Sunandsand | Apr 30, 2022 |
This is one of those reads that I know will follow me for days. In odd moments here and there, I will wonder what is happening to the characters now. Much of the plot - lonely woman sucked into online community making assumptions that are clearly not valid - is transparent but even so, the story line sucked me in like Leila on the Red Pill site. I 'read' the audio version and the experience was heightened by the British accent of the very excellent reader as well as the quasi exotic British details of the story. This is a brilliant first novel. Best I've read in a while. ( )
  susandennis | Jun 5, 2020 |
Such a riveting read, a good story covering a controversial matter ( )
  karenshann | Dec 31, 2019 |
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Fiction. Literature. Thriller. HTML:

This chilling and intense novel tells the story of a solitary young woman drawn into an online world run by a charismatic web guru who entices her into impersonating a glamorous but desperate woman. Now a series on Netflix.

A sheltered young woman raised by a single mother, Leila often struggled to connect with the girls at school. On an internet community for philosophical and ethical debate, she finally comes into her own, and is flattered when the websiteâ??s brilliant, charismatic founder invites her to be part of Project Tess. Communicating only through online channels, Leila immerses herself in Tessâ??s world. She must learn every detail about this other womanâ??s life: her motherâ??s birthday, her favorite songs, her best friends, her first kiss. Because soon, Leila will have to become her. And Tess will disappear.

FINALIST 
The Guardian First Book Prize
British National Book Awardâ??New Writ

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