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Actually 4.5 stars.
Kat's world comes crashing down when someone hacks her website and humiliates her on-line. Worse than that though, as the people who did this, did it in front of her, in her own school classroom, thus compounding her torment. She rapidly deletes her online presence and wishes that she could so the same off-line, feeling devoid without her internet presence to shore up her tragic real life.
Wesley, one of the boys who instigated the online attack, is shocked when he sees Kat's reaction in real life. It's different seeing the person affected, rather than just hiding behind a screen, and this in turn affects him. But he needs to fit in and that is the life he chose to fit into the friends he chose to join. Even though he is starting to really regret things.
Meanwhile, Kat is fading, her real presence is slowly going the same way as her on-line one and she is slowly disappearing from the world, both physically and in the minds of those who knew her. Wesley however remembers her all too well and doesn't want her to go. But can he find a way back for her before she fades completely out of existence? That is, if indeed she wants to come back to a world which has sadly let her down.
This is a strange book but very topical in this day and age. We are all guilty of forgetting at times that there are actual people behind the on-line accounts that we interact with on a daily basis and the difference between what we would say to a real person and what we type to a virtual one does get somewhat blurred at times. So it is no shock that Wesley reacts as he does when faced with the consequences of his actions. But then again, his life isn't all that great which goes no way to defending what he did but does allow a smidgen of understanding at wanting to project a different persona away from home.
There are a few more characters in the book that all come across as feeling very real but I won't go into detail here for fear of introducing spoilers. Suffice to say that the author does a really great job of his portrayal of young misfits who just can't find their place in society and feel like they will never fit in.
The fade itself is, I guess, a gentle way of wanting out of life without all the stigma surrounding suicide as the person involved just seems to get forgotten by everyone who knew them. This is a concept that I actually found very interesting, especially with the added extra part that I won't mention here (spoilers) but am glad that it is fiction as it would be far to easy for people to just give in if it really existed. Although, having said that, how do I really know it is fiction being as how no one remembers those who fade... food for thought...
My thanks go to the Publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book.


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All The Lonely People David Owen author 9780349003207 Books Reviews

I wasn't expecting this to take the fantastical twist it did, but that's my own fault for not reading the whole blurb; I was too excited at seeing a new David Owen title. I've been a fan since Fallen Children last year. This one, despite its fantasy overtones, is just as gritty and real as Children, and, like it, manages to shine a light on problems that have become so common place in the last few years that we rarely think of them as problems anymore. The characters were real and relatable, including the side characters, which isn't easy. This is a brilliant read and I'll be eagerly awaiting the next novel Mr Owen graces us with.
I appreciate what the author was trying to show about the importance of human connection in this new young adult fantasy novel. When Kat loses her entire online identity after being cyber-bullied, she literally starts to fade and become invisible. She finds out there are other lonely students who are in the process of fading and each looking for another person who is doing better at life to hitch a ride. I remember being an adolescent and desperately trying to be invisible so this concept struck a chord with me. However, I felt the concept got a little over-worked as the novel progressed. I like the overall message about finding your people, whether online or in person. I received an advanced review copy of this young adult novel through NetGalley.
The idea of someone disappearing once their online personality has been erased is very intriguing, especially since so many of us have an enormous social life online.

The thing that made me want to read All the Lonely People is automatically also the thing that made sure I kept on reading. At the start of the story, you immediately see how Kat's cyber-bullied into deleting all her online accounts and starts fading. The idea that your being can be that linked to an online presence is.. baffling but I guess in some ways also very true for a lot of us.

One of the more important aspects of this story, to me, is the presence of both queer and POC rep. This story doesn't really focus on romance, but there is a F/F-slow burn romance presence that I adored.

To Kat, her online personality is her real personality, the place she can be herself. Losing that equals slowly losing her physical presence in the actual world. The way this is done by the author is truly amazing. There's slow progress in her fading away. Her disappearing automatically having an influence over her behavior, her realizations and thought-process. It shows how the thing you think you want, isn't necessarily what you actually want and need. An important lesson to learn these days.

Of course, Kat isn't the only character. There are two other characters definitely worth mentioning. Wesley - our second POV - is the one pushing Kat into fading. Although he immediately feels guilty about it and tries his best to help her, it's purely self-centered reasons driving him. This does make him an interesting character to follow and read about.
Then we have Safa - a second fading person. The big difference with Kat is that she actually wants to fade and has been trying to fade away for a while now. Since she and Kat are the only ones who can see one another, they stick together. Seeing that relationship / friendship grow was fun for sure.

But that doesn't mean it was all fun. First off, I felt like I got thrown into the story too abruptly. I'd love to have seen more of Kat's original, online personality before it got erased. If only to have a better idea what she's like in real life compared to online. We don't see that and it immediately gave me the feeling she could've been more fleshed out if that had happened.

I also didn't really see.. the point of the side-plot? If you can even call it that. It's what spurs the story on, but on the other hand it did feel unnecessary at times at well. Like it wasn't really needed. Although it has to be said that, adding it, allowed the author to tackle themes like misogyny and toxic masculinity. Nevertheless, I didn't really feel like it added a whole lot to Kat's story. That could definitely be just me though.

There's also this one part where it's pretty much stated Kat's online life wasn't real. To me, that did feel entirely wrong. It isn't because things are online, friendships are online that they aren't real. They are. That one quote rubbed me the wrong way and I can't seem to forget about it..

I had some issues with it and I have to admit I didn't really care about the story as much as I wanted to, which made for a mediocre read. There are definitely pluses to All the Lonely People, but the entirety of the novel simply didn't blow me away like I expected it to.

3.5 / 5
Actually 4.5 stars.
Kat's world comes crashing down when someone hacks her website and humiliates her on-line. Worse than that though, as the people who did this, did it in front of her, in her own school classroom, thus compounding her torment. She rapidly deletes her online presence and wishes that she could so the same off-line, feeling devoid without her internet presence to shore up her tragic real life.
Wesley, one of the boys who instigated the online attack, is shocked when he sees Kat's reaction in real life. It's different seeing the person affected, rather than just hiding behind a screen, and this in turn affects him. But he needs to fit in and that is the life he chose to fit into the friends he chose to join. Even though he is starting to really regret things.
Meanwhile, Kat is fading, her real presence is slowly going the same way as her on-line one and she is slowly disappearing from the world, both physically and in the minds of those who knew her. Wesley however remembers her all too well and doesn't want her to go. But can he find a way back for her before she fades completely out of existence? That is, if indeed she wants to come back to a world which has sadly let her down.
This is a strange book but very topical in this day and age. We are all guilty of forgetting at times that there are actual people behind the on-line accounts that we interact with on a daily basis and the difference between what we would say to a real person and what we type to a virtual one does get somewhat blurred at times. So it is no shock that Wesley reacts as he does when faced with the consequences of his actions. But then again, his life isn't all that great which goes no way to defending what he did but does allow a smidgen of understanding at wanting to project a different persona away from home.
There are a few more characters in the book that all come across as feeling very real but I won't go into detail here for fear of introducing spoilers. Suffice to say that the author does a really great job of his portrayal of young misfits who just can't find their place in society and feel like they will never fit in.
The fade itself is, I guess, a gentle way of wanting out of life without all the stigma surrounding suicide as the person involved just seems to get forgotten by everyone who knew them. This is a concept that I actually found very interesting, especially with the added extra part that I won't mention here (spoilers) but am glad that it is fiction as it would be far to easy for people to just give in if it really existed. Although, having said that, how do I really know it is fiction being as how no one remembers those who fade... food for thought...
My thanks go to the Publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book.