Review: It Started With A Tweet

It Started With A Tweet by Anna Bell
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Daisy works in Marketing, and leads a high pressured, fast paced lifestyle, her face constantly starring at her phone screen, her life completely controlled by social media.

After accidently sending a personal explicit tweet from her work account, which then starts trending for all the wrong reasons, Daisy is fired from her job.

With no employment prospects, no home of her own and no boyfriend, her sister Rosie suggests they both go to Cumbria for a Digital Detox, however, not everything is as it seems, but can Daisy survive a week with no Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Snapchat?

I loved this book, and could really identify with the characters. I read it whilst on holiday in Cyprus where the internet signal was patchy to say the least, and where the most reliable signal seemed to be in the restaurant, but only if the wind was in the right direction, and you stood facing north east on one leg! Therefore, I could relate to the desperate measures that Daisy went to to try and connect to the outside world!

This was a real laugh out loud story with a hint of romance, but a book which will make you question your own social media usage!

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