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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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Who is that girl I see staring straight back at me? Ah yes, it's Maud Dixon! And her middle name is
Finished this in literally one sitting. 7 hours straight. That's how page-turner this book was...for me. I enjoyed Florence's character so much. It was so interesting and amusing. And then Helen comes in, and the story becomes more exciting. It was such a good time. The mystery part and ending of this book reminded me a bit of. Well done. Also, the blurb somehow gave away the story's mystery, but honestly, I was having too much fun to mind. The writing was really entertaining.
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PsychopathFinished this in literally one sitting. 7 hours straight. That's how page-turner this book was...for me. I enjoyed Florence's character so much. It was so interesting and amusing. And then Helen comes in, and the story becomes more exciting. It was such a good time. The mystery part and ending of this book reminded me a bit of
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Verity and Gone Girl
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Maud Dixon is the highly-secret pseudonym of the mega best-selling author of “Mississippi Foxtrot,” the psychological suspense novel that everyone is reading. Florence, an aspiring writer, gets hired to be Maud’s personal assistant and moves into her isolated house in rural New York State. Maud is wrestling with writer’s block so she takes a trip to Morocco to get her creative juices flowing. While in Morocco, Florence and Maud get into a devastating car crash. When Florence wakes up in the hospital, Maud is nowhere to be found and Florence believes she has killed her in the car crash. Now all the secret identities and hidden stories will be revealed. Who really is Maud Dixon? 5-stars!
•Bookly Quest Readathon
July 29 - August 1, 2021
#BooklyReadathon #BooklyReaders
Maud Dixon is the highly-secret pseudonym of the mega best-selling author of “Mississippi Foxtrot,” the psychological suspense novel that everyone is reading. Florence, an aspiring writer, gets hired to be Maud’s personal assistant and moves into her isolated house in rural New York State. Maud is wrestling with writer’s block so she takes a trip to Morocco to get her creative juices flowing. While in Morocco, Florence and Maud get into a devastating car crash. When Florence wakes up in the hospital, Maud is nowhere to be found and Florence believes she has killed her in the car crash. Now all the secret identities and hidden stories will be revealed. Who really is Maud Dixon? 5-stars!
This was a fun read. I went into it sort of blind and, for whatever reason, wasn't expecting it to go full-blown thriller, but I liked the fact that it was set in the publishing/writing world. I had a few issues with it -- some too-convenient coincidences (that weren't even really necessary to the plot), some really unnecessary side-stories. Still, the twists were good twists and everyone was terrible which I love.
A book in the vein of The Talented Mr. Ripley. Florence, a young woman with writerly ambitions blows up a chance at her small-press editorial job and falls into the opportunity to be the research assistant for a wildly popular author who has concealed her real identity for privacy behind the non de plume Maud Dixon. Dixon takes her protégé to Morocco, and the two women get in a car accident. Florence finds herself mistaken for Dixon, and realizes she has the opportunity to take over the life of her employer, writing a new book under the pen name, able to live in her lovely farmhouse and access her millions. But before she can do so, she falls under suspicion of committing a murder back in the states, and she must either admit to being Florence, who has concealed the fact that her boss is missing in Morocco, or stand trial as that boss for killing a friend and ex-con whose life she developed into that wildly popular book.
Lots of reviewers have put this on their summer lists as a fun and lightweight read, and I think that's fair; it's just a mystery/thriller, twisty and well-enough told.
But it did remind me, not only of a not-as-good Ripley reprise, but also of a story set in Tangiers from a couple of years back, Tangerine. So it is not as fresh a plot as I would have preferred.
Lots of reviewers have put this on their summer lists as a fun and lightweight read, and I think that's fair; it's just a mystery/thriller, twisty and well-enough told.
But it did remind me, not only of a not-as-good Ripley reprise, but also of a story set in Tangiers from a couple of years back, Tangerine. So it is not as fresh a plot as I would have preferred.
This book is, for lack of a better word, entirely diabolical. And I loved it! I was in a bit of a reading slump, but still managed to get through it pretty quick. I found myself wishing it was lunchtime at work so that I could dive deeper into the story.
As the book progressed, Florence’s character development (or regression, depending on how you look at it) was phenomenal. Her every next step was understandable, even if it was also totally shocking. I didn’t particularly like her as a character, and I didn’t respect her until the end, but she was certainly well-written - driven and fixated on her goals. Both Florence and Helen rivalled each other on the heinous scale, and I found Florence’s fascination with Helen extremely provocative.
The only thing I’d fault is the lull in the middle - some of Florence’s time spent in Morocco felt unnecessary and didn’t add to the story. Despite this, the narrative did pick up again and I found myself wanting more after I finished. Something I don’t often do with books is wonder where the characters are now, but I definitely felt that with Florence.
When to Read - If you want truly devilish characters.
As the book progressed, Florence’s character development (or regression, depending on how you look at it) was phenomenal. Her every next step was understandable, even if it was also totally shocking. I didn’t particularly like her as a character, and I didn’t respect her until the end, but she was certainly well-written - driven and fixated on her goals. Both Florence and Helen rivalled each other on the heinous scale, and I found Florence’s fascination with Helen extremely provocative.
The only thing I’d fault is the lull in the middle - some of Florence’s time spent in Morocco felt unnecessary and didn’t add to the story. Despite this, the narrative did pick up again and I found myself wanting more after I finished. Something I don’t often do with books is wonder where the characters are now, but I definitely felt that with Florence.
When to Read - If you want truly devilish characters.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
You cannot convince me that anything Florence writes will compare to Maud/Helen. She is a hack. She wants to be a writer but is so uninteresting and lacks the imagination to actually WRITE ANYTHING. This was boring (I fell asleep twice while reading) and did not go far enough. Even the parts that were okay could’ve been pushed further.
IDGAF !!
IDGAF !!