Last Seen Online

Last Seen Online

Softcover
4.110

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Description

Fandom can be fatal! This contemporary YA murder mystery is perfect for fans of Malibu Rising, We Were Liars and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.

"Lauren James's books are addictive." Alice Oseman

"A wild trip into the world of fandom, social media and true crime." Laura Wood

"Fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder will love this twisty take on fame and fandom, told in true-crime style through blogposts, messages and a fast-paced narrative." The Guardian

The novel of Lauren James's hugely popular online story "An Unauthorized Fan Treatise"

When Delilah meets Sawyer Saffitz (son of Anya Saffitz, aka Hollywood royalty), she becomes hooked on a decade-old scandal. In her quest for the truth, Delilah uncovers blogposts written by the mysterious "gottiewrites" and is soon caught up in a world of greed, fandom conspiracy theories ... and murder. And the deeper Delilah digs, the more dangerous it becomes - because someone is willing to kill to hide the truth.

Readers love Last Seen Online:
"Incredibly compelling." NetGalley reviewer
"Quick paced and hard to put down." NetGalley reviewer
"WOW. This was incredible." NetGalley reviewer
"Lauren James always delivers when it comes to unique and totally engaging stories." NetGalley reviewer
"The novel captivates with its seamless blend of suspense, Hollywood nostalgia, and the allure of true crime intrigue." NetGalley reviewer
"It has murder, mystery, romance, LGBTQ+ representation, gossip, fanfiction references, scandal and thrills galore!" NetGalley reviewer

Book Information

Main Genre
Young Adult Books
Sub Genre
LGBTQ+
Format
Softcover
Pages
320
Price
11.50 โ‚ฌ

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2
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4.5

The only way out was to find the truth.

"Never apologize for family. It's the one thing you can't change." (This sentence is very important for all the plot twists in this book.) They knew that they would lose all their privacy for the rest of their lives when they became actors. They are the ones who made that decision, not me. That's a price you have to pay for fame. Last Seen Online is a very overwhelming and captivating book! I came across this wonderful book rather by chance...3 books for the price of 2...but it was definitely the right book! The last two chapters were particularly impressive. I was so captivated by the revelations and twists that it was impossible to stop reading. I also really liked the structure of the book. Each chapter started from the point of view of our main protagonist Delilah and always ended with a post from @GottieWrites (you'll find out who that is). I really like the QR code at the back of the book, which you can use to access Gottie's posts and find out more about her. The pleasant chapter lengths make it a very quick read. I don't want to take too much away, so grab this book and let Last Seen Online cast its spell on you just like it did me. Itโ€˜s like Gottie saidโ€ฆ Our secrets aren't really so secret, if you know where to look. ______Spoiler______ ๐ˆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค ๐ข๐ญ,๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐ข๐๐ž ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฒ ๐š๐ซ๐ž. Delilah is such a smart and brave girl! The fact that she recorded Anya's unwanted confession and hid her phone forward-looking in the sofa...simply brilliant! Without this proof, no one would probably have believed her story...then it would have been her word against that of a respected celebrity. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ. ๐’๐ก๐ž,๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐๐š๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฅ๐š๐ก ๐ญ๐จ๐จ. What is wrong with Anya? How can you be so unscrupulous and how can you not care about your own children? Once again, she is the perfect example of how first impressions are usually wrong. ๐ƒ๐จ๐ง,๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐š๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ญ. ๐ˆ๐ญ,๐ฌ ๐š ๐›๐ข๐  ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ ๐ž. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š ๐ฅ๐จ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ. I am so happy that children don't necessarily take after their parents! At first I was a bit suspicious of Sawyer...but he is such a dear and true friend! Especially for Delilah...he saved her life. I was glad to see Livvy and Sawyer talking to each other again. I was even more surprised that Anya prevented any attempts at contact between the two of them. ๐๐ž๐ซ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ž๐Ÿ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐š๐ ๐ฆ๐š๐๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ง ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐. Both Delilah and Sawyer really had to go through a lot in this book! The constant nightmares...fighting for his life...the helpless scene was written so damn realistically. And Sawyer, who saw her being thrown overboard, thought he was losing her...and then his parents in prison.... Nevertheless, or probably precisely because of this, the two of them fit together so well. You can only wish for a friend like Sawyer...he is so attentive and knows exactly when you need him. I really like the two of them together. ๐–๐ž,๐ฏ๐ž ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐ž, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐š๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ? ๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ซ๐ข๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ฌ. ๐ˆ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก ๐ˆ ๐ค๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ญ. Delilah said the Saffitz family was so kind and perfect...now in the last chapter she's cursing herself. It demands very high and above all unscrupulous prices to become famous. So she prefers to stay true to herself and her normally chaotic real family, who would never put love above fame. -She should be lucky to be born into this family.- like the authorโ€ฆ(: ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž,๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐๐ฌ. ๐“๐ก๐š๐ญ,๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง. Thank god, Nida and Delilah spoke to each other at the end. They were both insecure and needed each other. That's what best friends are for. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐›๐ž๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ญ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž. ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ก๐š๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐Ÿ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž. -๐…๐€๐๐ƒ๐Ž๐Œ ๐‚๐€๐ ๐๐„ ๐…๐€๐“๐€๐‹- What the hell is wrong with you? THIS IS REAL. THIS ISN'T A TV SHOW. A real person actually murdered someone and you're writing romantic fix-it fic about it? - It's frightening how greedy some people on social media are for gossip. The main thing is to enjoy gossip and trash at other people's expense. Terrible!!! When Delilah found out that her mom was Gottie, I was just speechless. But everything points to it...almost sounded like there would be a second volume. I would be happy about that.

The only way out was to find the truth.
3.5

Mord, Fandoms und Internetkultur

Die Geschichte findet in zwei Zeitlinien statt: die Gegenwart und die Vergangenheit, die man in Form von Blogbeitrรคgen, Artikeln und Kommentaren vorfindet. In der Gegenwart folgen wir Delilah, wie sie auf den alten Mordfall eines Hollywood Schauspielers stรถรŸt. Durch Sawyer gerรคt sie tiefer hinein und nimmt "Ermittlungen" auf. Warum die Anfรผhrungszeichen? Nun ja, ihre Ermittlungen bestehen รผberwiegend aus Google-Suchen und purem Glรผck zufรคlligerweise auf Hinweise zu stoรŸen. Sawyers Beitrag besteht daraus Delilah durch die Gegend zu fahren und ab und zu seine Hollywood Connections zu nutzen. Dann gab es aber noch die Blog Posts aus der Vergangenheit. Hier gab es Spannung, Fantheorien, Fanfiction und ein bisschen Wahnsinn, der irgendwann รผberhandnimmt. Stellenweise war der Blog deutlich interessanter als die Gegenwart, so dass ich teilweise vergessen habe, dass die Gegenwart existiert und die Augen verdreht habe, wenn es wieder um Delilah ging. Einige der Plottwists waren absolut offensichtlich, ein paar andere waren einfach nur komisch. Fazit: eine fantastische Idee mit einer รผberwiegend interessanten Umsetzung.

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