Rich Kids of Instagram: A Novel
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| Author | Maya Sloan Unnamed creator of RKOI |
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| Publisher | Gallery Books |
Publication date | July 2014 |
| ISBN | 9781476764061 |
Rich Kids of Instagram is a novel written by Maya Sloan and the anonymous creator of the Tumblr blog of the same name, on which it is based.[1][2][3] It was first published by Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, in July 2014[4][1] Its cover featured a picture of a line of cocaine powder on a hundred-dollar bill.[2]
Main characters
[edit]The story is told by various characters within the novel, which unfolds as a series of vignettes about ultra-wealthy teens and twenty-somethings indulging themselves.[5][2]
The fictionalized characters include Todd Evergreen, an overnight billionaire and recluse who is new in town; Annalise Hoff, a self-described "Daddy's girl" who plans a party in The Hamptons; and her boyfriend Miller Crawford, an aspiring record producer who is high all the time.[2][5]
Reception
[edit]A review in The Booklist said, "Sloan provides enough satirical jabs at all those annoying instant Internet millionaires to make reading about them both palatable and entertaining."[2] Cosmopolitan agreed, saying, "You'll love hating the spoiled hashtaggers".[6]
A review in The Baffler was more negative, calling it "an empty vessel of careless adolescent fantasy".[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Hoffert, Barbara (2014). "Rich Kids of Instagram". Library Journal. Retrieved February 7, 2025 – via EBSCOhost.
- ^ a b c d e Hays, Carl (2014). "Rich Kids of Instagram". The Booklist. Retrieved February 7, 2025 – via EBSCOhost.
- ^ a b Vargas-Cooper, Natasha (October 2014). "The Acquisitive Self, Minus the Self". The Baffler. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
- ^ Kaufman, Amy (July 1, 2014). "For Maya Sloan, ghostwriting Jenners' YA book just part of fiction fun". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
- ^ a b Sicha, Choire (September–November 2014). "Youth Is Wasted on the Wasted". Bookforum. Retrieved February 8, 2025 – via ProQuest.
- ^ "19 Things to Do This Month". Vol. 357, no. 1. July 2014. p. 16 – via ProQuest.