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A review by natyweiss
Astrid Sees All by Natalie Standiford
4.0
-ARC provided by publisher in exchange for honest review-
Coming of age historical fiction novel set in the bohemian New York of the 1980's, from the time when in the meatpacking district were actual meat warehouses. Phoebe, a very young woman from Baltimore, moves to the East Village with her friend Carmen, a native New Yorker. Both of them got lost in this decadent, self destructive ambiance. Here, during the wild nights at the nightclub Plutonium, Phoebe becomes Astrid, a peculiar fortune teller that can read the future on movie ticket stubs instead of Tarot cards.
One night, and due to a "bad batch", Carmen's boyfriend od'd and died. While Carmen is out of town attending her boyfriend's funeral, Phoebe seizes the opportunity and betrays her.
Sex, drugs and rock and roll abound in this book that is a journey to a time when success was measured in social interactions and the size of your entourage and the nights were a parade of Beatnicks and ItGirls.
It is a character driven story that exposes the inner transformation of a young, innocent girl in a being full of cynism and recklessness.
Towards the end, there's an interesting genre twist.
I really, really enjoyed this book. It's well written and the idea flawlessly executed.
Coming of age historical fiction novel set in the bohemian New York of the 1980's, from the time when in the meatpacking district were actual meat warehouses. Phoebe, a very young woman from Baltimore, moves to the East Village with her friend Carmen, a native New Yorker. Both of them got lost in this decadent, self destructive ambiance. Here, during the wild nights at the nightclub Plutonium, Phoebe becomes Astrid, a peculiar fortune teller that can read the future on movie ticket stubs instead of Tarot cards.
One night, and due to a "bad batch", Carmen's boyfriend od'd and died. While Carmen is out of town attending her boyfriend's funeral, Phoebe seizes the opportunity and betrays her.
Sex, drugs and rock and roll abound in this book that is a journey to a time when success was measured in social interactions and the size of your entourage and the nights were a parade of Beatnicks and ItGirls.
It is a character driven story that exposes the inner transformation of a young, innocent girl in a being full of cynism and recklessness.
Towards the end, there's an interesting genre twist.
I really, really enjoyed this book. It's well written and the idea flawlessly executed.