[1][2] The novel follows a young woman who discovers that her boyfriend is behind a popular Instagram account which promotes conspiracy theories.

Feeling excited about the prospect of ending her relationship with Felix, she nevertheless decides to delay breaking up with him until after the 2017 Women's March, which she attends reluctantly.

Knowing no German (and with no plans to learn) she survives in the English language ex-pat community, taking an under-the-table job babysitting children.

[15][16][7][4][17][18] In a review in the New York Times, Katie Kitamura called it "invigorating" and "deadly precise,"[18] and Kevin Power, writing in the Guardian, said it was "prismatically intelligent.

"[8] Parul Sehgal of the New York Times said that Fake Accounts is a novel in which social media "feels, finally, fully and thoroughly explored, with style and originality."

She considered it a worthwhile read, although she warned that it is "maddening at times, too cautious, regrettably intent on replicating the very voice it critiques.

"[5] The London Review of Books criticised the novel's tendency towards "aimless" and "half-finished" digressions, but complimented the writing as occasionally "precise, even dazzling.

"[20] A review in the Rumpus admitted that the novel's "discomfort with vulnerability, its commitment to self-awareness and self-degradation, ultimately makes for a draining emotional experience," but suggested that this had been Oyler's intention.

[4] A number of critics noted thematic similarities to Patricia Lockwood's debut novel No One Is Talking About This, which was published in the same month.