Anon Pls.: A Novel

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When she drunkenly restarts her old Instagram as a source of celebrity gossip, it gains more traction – and problems – than she ever imagined. Her boss wonders why she's disappearing on the job, her friends are increasingly irritated by her dedication to the account, and she has celebrities, investors, and journalists approaching her with bright-eyed interest.

This new novel is a juicy rendering of the life of an assistant to a high-profile celeb stylist who decides to channel her workplace rage into something very closely resembling the real life Deuxmoi. The worst thing that happens to her is that she gets found out but’s not a big deal because she’s not famous (which we’ve seen in real life.Fletcher Peters, of The Daily Beast, criticized the acquisition, writing that while she did not believe the DeuxMoi account to be actively malicious, the account's sharing of private details "is not the type of behavior that should be rewarded with a book, nor a TV show, nor the gorges of followers she's amassed on Instagram. You get the bitchy boss and celebrity adjacent juiciness, with the "xoxo just dropped devastating truths about your personal life, love GG" suspense. The way she's tapped into our obsession with celebrity culture, demystifying it and also creating even more intrigue with celeb blind items and news breaks is attention-worthy, and the account is a staple for me. Having to read about a fictionalized Deuxmoi (but still Deuxmoi) having poorly written and cringe-worthy phone sex with this man and masturbating a couple of times was actually horrible.

although, as time went on, I think people stopped caring and just started to enjoy the ride—at least I did), but really, I think the book's strengths was the hot celebrity goss (sorry not sorry) and trying to figure out all of the Easter Eggs, and not Cricket Lopez slogging around for eight years as an assistant to an abusive boss (and the even more cringy romance subplot). One night after an especially hard day at work she goes out with friends and has one too many shots of tequila and creates DeuxMoi (two me, in French), posting first-hand gossip about celebs.For those of you who may not know, Deuxmoi is an anonymous woman who started a celebrity gossip instagram account at the height of the pandemic.

Her friends Leon and Victoria are more successful career and family wise and tend to prop up Cricket during her moments of despair. Wildly entertaining and seriously unputdownable, here we have the origin story of the famed Instagram celebrity gossip account, Deuxmoi. It's crazy how an anonymous figure can go viral and even get a book deal just by sharing + reposting unverified gossip when we journalists have to bust our asses to talk to sources, verify tip-offs and fact-check everything. For all ebook purchases, you will be prompted to create an account or login with your existing HarperCollins username and password. Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen, also by William Morrow and out this year was a better time spent, though that has more in common with Cover Story than it does here.

Some things I couldn’t gloss over — like the boring characters with barely any depth OR DM’s incessant desire to note every piece of clothing ever once mentioned in this book with the brand emblazoned on its tag OR the out of place sext scenes (yes I spelled that intentionally) that never failed to take me by surprise! When the account experiences overnight success, she struggles to balance the increasing demands of the account with her work life.

I know this was more than likely ghostwritten, but I still can't believe Melissa probably approved this and thus made me and everyone else read about someone describing her masturbating. But when the account grows overnight and, even wilder, when she starts getting gossip from fans - juicy gossip - she has to face facts: her Instagram is now famous. For nonfans, this autofiction is reminiscent of other of-the-moment bad-boss books like Leigh Stein's Self Care . It was interesting seeing some real-life events that I know Deuxmoi played a part in (like the Armie Hammer scandal) get a fictional spin in this novel, but the plot wasn't nearly tight enough or interesting enough.Feeling stuck, Cricket reignites an old style instagram account and turns it into a celebrity gossip page while drinking with friends.