If you had a weekend to spare, would you go to the Catskills with several self-obsessed social media influencers? Maybe just out of curiosity, but certainly, not in the expectation of enjoying the trip. MADE YOU LOOK is a chilling read that takes off on an increasingly strange work weekend.
 
Along with Sydney Kent, who gets paid bucketloads whenever she posts about what she is wearing (why? I wondered), and Caitlyn, who wants to boost her profile and that of a brand new resort, there’s Sydney’s boyfriend Jeff, hair and makeup stylist Nash, and tetchy manager Brent. They all seem to have their preferred lines of shampoo or whatever. Tagging along is Lucy, the photographer. She has survived serious illness and needs to make her name in this new career. This is one of the situations where you know pretty early that there is no point in getting too attached to anyone. Not, I have to say, that I would. They are all as daft as brushes.
 
Nobody meets the team, they swiftly find there is no hot food, no real amenities, tiny cabins without TV, with no bar, no cell phone service, no Wi-Fi, anywhere on the resort. Sensible folks might have packed and left. Instead, they shoot some photos, summon a takeout meal at great expense, sit around photographing the food on their phones until it’s cold, and gossip. Not long after, the dying starts.
 
I was counting off the mistakes these people were making; coming inappropriately dressed for rambling was the first. Naturally, they didn’t know they would be trapped with a murderer during a snowstorm. That doesn’t excuse their ingesting substances when they’re so far from help. Nothing does, really.
 
I will leave you to wonder if the world really needs people who obsess over social media for a living, and if a woman really needs a boyfriend who lies that he doesn’t have an OnlyFans account. Author Tanya Grant has done the right thing in making her characters somewhat unlikeable, because this way we can constantly suspect them of malice, while not being devastated if someone is the next victim. Maybe Tanya Grant enjoys horror films; this is a thriller read, but it has overtones of horror stories. MADE YOU LOOK is intended for a twenties readership, I feel, who might have followed similar influencers and want a look behind the scenes. Not quite these scenes, admittedly.