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A review by thechanelmuse
Who Is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews
4.0
“Change is never a smooth curve; it comes in leaps and jolts, plateaus and remissions. And in the periods after an old identity fades away but before a new one is fully installed, there is a certain sense of impunity. As if nothing quite matters. You are not quite yourself. You’re not quite anyone.”
Who is Maud Dixon? is a clever debut novel that Alfred Hitchcock would’ve likely adapted to screen. Interweaving topics of classism and influence into the shaping of identity, author Alexandra Andrews begins the novel like a contemporary tale, following a young woman, Florence Darrow, who is desperately driven to trade her life as a low-level publishing employee to become a famous author.
When she gets the opportunity of a lifetime to be the assistant to the best-selling pseudonymous writer known as “Maud Dixon” and join the literary research trip to Morocco, Florence enters a newfound world of wisdom in life and writing, as well as story building and character development when an accident occurs, propelling readers down a rabbit hole of crime and mystery that will leave you questioning what’s fact, what’s fiction, and exactly who is Maud Dixon.
Alexandra Andrews' writing style is colorful (the atmospheric setting of Morocco) and easily gets you entranced into her world of twists and turns. Funny enough, this novel doesn't feel like a modern book. (Hence the Alfred Hitchcock nod.) But that's by no means a bad thing.
Who is Maud Dixon? is a clever debut novel that Alfred Hitchcock would’ve likely adapted to screen. Interweaving topics of classism and influence into the shaping of identity, author Alexandra Andrews begins the novel like a contemporary tale, following a young woman, Florence Darrow, who is desperately driven to trade her life as a low-level publishing employee to become a famous author.
When she gets the opportunity of a lifetime to be the assistant to the best-selling pseudonymous writer known as “Maud Dixon” and join the literary research trip to Morocco, Florence enters a newfound world of wisdom in life and writing, as well as story building and character development when an accident occurs, propelling readers down a rabbit hole of crime and mystery that will leave you questioning what’s fact, what’s fiction, and exactly who is Maud Dixon.
Alexandra Andrews' writing style is colorful (the atmospheric setting of Morocco) and easily gets you entranced into her world of twists and turns. Funny enough, this novel doesn't feel like a modern book. (Hence the Alfred Hitchcock nod.) But that's by no means a bad thing.