Before we can get into the disasterpiece that is Lightlark, we first must have a discussion about its author.

Just who is Alex Aster?

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📖 Sources 📖

The TikTok That Brought Me Here (@alex.aster): https://www.tiktok.com/@alex.aster/video/6939242279056035077

‘Lightlark’: the very first clickbait novel (Daily Trojan): https://dailytrojan.com/2022/09/15/lightlark-the-very-first-clickbait-novel

Deadline City: Tiktok Tavern w/Alex Aster (season 5, episode 8): https://open.spotify.com/episode/5WsVzdTrdmAnkEOvtYh3if?si=eef46f7b4f1a4ca3

Tiktok author Alex Aster has everyone upset (Reads with Rachel): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epib1H5Su-U

the booktok industry plant (Swell Entertainment): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BhMRyng0wng

the cult of booktok (Swell Entertainment): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44MHR2iZtNo&t=270s

did tiktok ruin publishing? (Swell Enterntainment): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0r0u_AqbHw

Stressed? A College senior designed an app for that (The Daily Pennsylvanian): https://www.thedp.com/article/2017/01/springpop-eliminate-student-stress

How Negativity-Busting App Springpop Can Help You Get Creative (Brit+Co): https://www.brit.co/creativity-app-springpop/

Meet The 27-Year-Old Latinx Entrepreneur Who Is Now Worth $220 Million (Forbes): https://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2022/08/10/meet-the-27-year-old-latinx-entrepreneur-who-is-now-worth-220-million/?sh=3b923853246d