We Love Jindaia
About This Book
The new page-turner in young adult fiction that 200,000 readers have been waiting for
A new work by Kim Sunmi, bestselling author of *Biscuit* and *Sticker*
"Nobody ever wondered about the me behind the screen."
How to escape the new hell created by social media
Kim Sunmi, the ambitious storyteller leading the next generation of young adult fiction, returns with her new novel, *We Love Jindaia*. In *Biscuit* and *Sticker*, she explored "solidarity" and "responsibility" through protagonists who possessed extraordinary abilities yet resembled ordinary people like us. This time, her chosen subject is the influencer. In an age when everyone dreams of becoming an influencer, how far are we willing to go for views? Is the real life behind the view count as dazzling and thrilling as a carefully curated feed?
One day, the famous influencer Jindaia posts a suicide note on social media and is found dead. Dani, who suffers from hyperthymesia, unexpectedly ends up conducting the interviews for a video to be screened at Jindaia's memorial service. As she meets and speaks with the people in Jindaia's life, she comes face to face with the real Jindaia behind the feed—and the cold truth surrounding her death. Who was the Jindaia we loved, really? Against a landscape of comparison and control, jealousy and obsession born from the desire to be loved and validated, a meticulously crafted narrative grips readers and refuses to let go.
This story about a world that reduces a person's life to view counts and "likes" ultimately teaches us how to give our undivided attention and affection to another person, and how to see others as they truly are.