Oh, to be an social media influencer. I know I shouldn't judge since I do use social media for work and play, but to have my life revolve around social media seems so invasive to me. Like when and how do you separate your normal life from your digital life? This is what our main character, Sunny, will have to learn in Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous by Suzanne Park. When Sunny hosts a livestream that goes embarrassing awry (#Browniegate), her parents sent her to a farm in Iowa that serves as a digital detox center for those addicted to the internet. Those also seeking treatment include influencers like Sunny, E-gamers, and other internet addicts. While in this unique treatment for a month, Sunny learns how to develop real genuine friendships (and develop a crush on a local farm boy), live a life outside of social media, while battling her need to be on social media with a contest tempting her during this time. This story was very engaging, funny, and very relevant to our current times. So often, we find ourselves living for online likes and validation, we forget to love the person we are and value the people in our real day-to-day lives. While Sunny was introduced to social media early through her mother, as she posted videos of Sunny as a child, we see that social media does play a major role in her life that she neglects parts of her life that are important to her. As a society, we see people create fake lives to impress others, do dangerous stunts that have resulted in serious injury or worse, or just forget to log off. While social media has created stars and provided positive influences, it is important to not ignore reality, and this story expresses this wonderfully as Sunny begins to realize that there is so much more to experience in the real word, instead of using social media to express it. I give Sunny Song Will Never Be Famous a 4.5/5. I highly recommend this book for those who like slice-of-life stories that are relatable with a side of comedy and drama.
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