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A review by robinsbooks
We Could Be Beautiful by Swan Huntley
4.0
This is being promoted as "psychological suspense," and while it had a myserious element running throughout the storyline, it was more of a psychological character study. The development was a little on the slow side but I had a tough time putting it down.
Added comment: What I enjoyed about this book was the character study of a very privileged trust-funded woman who receives so much money each month that her life is pretty much a continual cycle of shopping, getting massages, decorating her large NYC house, going to the gym, and occasionally dropping into the greeting card shop she owns. She really has no idea what it's like to live as a regular person and at times her sense of entitlement is more than annoying but seemed very true to life. But the author makes her somewhat likeable and Catherine really does try to be a "nice person" by giving larger-than-required tips, money to street people, and being nice to kids ("I had to meet him at eye level, which was really, really nice of me. I was so nice."--note: this quote is from the advance reading copy). And does she ever get a clue and become humble? You'll have to read it to find out...
Added comment: What I enjoyed about this book was the character study of a very privileged trust-funded woman who receives so much money each month that her life is pretty much a continual cycle of shopping, getting massages, decorating her large NYC house, going to the gym, and occasionally dropping into the greeting card shop she owns. She really has no idea what it's like to live as a regular person and at times her sense of entitlement is more than annoying but seemed very true to life. But the author makes her somewhat likeable and Catherine really does try to be a "nice person" by giving larger-than-required tips, money to street people, and being nice to kids ("I had to meet him at eye level, which was really, really nice of me. I was so nice."--note: this quote is from the advance reading copy). And does she ever get a clue and become humble? You'll have to read it to find out...