Anon Pls.: A Novel

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A sharp page-turner that’s utterly of-the-moment but also a timeless story of love and self-discovery.

Cricket considers taking an offer from a media company that would allow her to get paid to run the account and quit her day job. 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. I went into reading it with very modest expectations, hoping for a bit of entertaining fluff, which I was craving. Absolutely no one cares that Melissa is deuxmoi because Melissa is just a regular person, which is fine and honestly good for her if she were ever to decide to ditch/retire deuxmoi). it literally is deuxmoi, a behind the scenes running of the viral social media account that rejuvenated interest in celebrity sightings.

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. Publishers Weekly was more critical, describing the book as "evocative if underwhelming" and criticizing the exposition throughout. So, unless you’re weirdly obsessed with deuxmoi and want her attention, don’t bother reading this book. 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. It's a fictional tale of how the app became to be, but this fictional story is absolutely horrendous and comes off like someone's fantasy diaries fobbed off for a grade in English class.

As the account grows and becomes more and more influential, she has to wonder: is it—the fame, the insider access, the escape from real life—really worth losing everything she has? We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. 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. What a fun deep dive into celebrity culture, the cutthroat world of fashion and the digital landscape. I love the mundane celebrity sightings and the behind the scenes look at how those on high really treat those beneath them.The novel is a work of autofiction and a retelling of the real-life DeuxMoi Instagram account, which publishes celebrity gossip. If you follow and are a fan of IG account, Deuxmoi, I think you'll really enjoy this book and should definitely check this book out! 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. There was some lengthy smut but it was NOT GOOD and seemed a little bit like it was written by a fourteen year old on Wattpad.

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. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. But when the account grows overnight and, even wilder, when she starts getting gossip from fans and insiders — juicy gossip—she has to face facts: her Instagram is now famous. Anon Pls,” which was written by DeuxMoi with Jessica Goodman, was published in November 2022 by William Morrow, a division of HarperCollins. This was exactly what I needed after a self-imposed run of really heavy books that have taken their toll.I've been a pretty avid follower for most of the time the account has been active, and it's really enlightening in terms of how you view celebrity, and the things that people share in their encounters with celebrities (a couple of examples, Leonardo DiCaprio will now forever be "Headphones Dino Bones" to me, and I will always insert "safe sex" into the middle of John Mayer's name). 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. For deuxmoi fans, this novel will be a solid extension of the brand's coming-of-age story, and they'll especially enjoy the inside jokes and liberal quotes from the real-life account, which helps create the tantalizing-yet-relatable tone.