Alex is losing everything. and most of all, her identities.
Influenced started off as an engaging, witty commentary on modern life, from a fresh angle of women going through menopause and all the under appreciation, sexism, ageism.
Overall, plot, characterisation, and execution were all 3 stars for me.
The writing is interesting, some of the themes are important.
I was personally less interested in the poetry/the social media aspects.

Forty-nine-year-old Alex has lost her job, and her relationship with husband Iain and teenage daughter Emmy is increasingly strained - almost non-existent, at times. She has no friends.

Into the space where real connection should be comes an increasing obsession with the online world, and particularly with Instagram influencer Gen, a therapist and mother. Alex believes they're friends, but Gen can't live up to her expectations.

Alex is a difficult character. She's suffering, but she's hard to like, although we can sympathise with her at times. In her mind, she's a victim of everyone, seeing slights everywhere, but many of her woes are at least partly self-inflicted. (She probably does experience sexism and ageism at work, but that's not why she's fired.) She considers herself highly intelligent - and she clearly is intelligent, but many of her actions are wildly misjudged, and she just can't see it.

As things escalate, is there any way back for Alex?

This was a very engaging read - it perhaps ended a little too neatly, given everything that had gone down, but I enjoyed it a lot.

This is definitely the age of influencers and good or bad it is such a presence right now. It even is beating celebrities at the moment. If you find that world fascinating than you will most certainly enjoy Influenced by Anna Whitehorse. This novel was relatable and had me gripping the edge of my seat. Highly entertaining