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jennyyates 's review for:
Luckiest Girl Alive
by Jessica Knoll
This is interesting psychological suspense. It starts out with a character that seems incredibly shallow and manipulative, but then you learn her back story & you understand why she developed this armor.
She’s presented as the quintessential sophisticated single female New Yorker - pretty, well-dressed, extremely skinny, bitchy, and knowledgeable. And she’s hooked the perfect rich, good-looking guy. Later on, we learn that he’s not exactly enlightened, but this doesn’t matter so much to Ani, because all she needs is her trophy husband.
In the novel, Ani is asked to appear in a documentary about a pivotal event in her life, something terrible that happened when she was fourteen and a new student at a prestigious school. At the same time, she runs into one of the pivotal figures from that time, her old teacher, Mr. Larson. All this brings back the old trauma and cuts through her barriers.
The novel alternates backstory with current developments, and the backstory is basically about the viciousness of high school social climbing. This novel is another addition to the “children are cruel” body of literature. It’s “Lord of the Flies” with slightly older children and a much posher environment.
She’s presented as the quintessential sophisticated single female New Yorker - pretty, well-dressed, extremely skinny, bitchy, and knowledgeable. And she’s hooked the perfect rich, good-looking guy. Later on, we learn that he’s not exactly enlightened, but this doesn’t matter so much to Ani, because all she needs is her trophy husband.
In the novel, Ani is asked to appear in a documentary about a pivotal event in her life, something terrible that happened when she was fourteen and a new student at a prestigious school. At the same time, she runs into one of the pivotal figures from that time, her old teacher, Mr. Larson. All this brings back the old trauma and cuts through her barriers.
The novel alternates backstory with current developments, and the backstory is basically about the viciousness of high school social climbing. This novel is another addition to the “children are cruel” body of literature. It’s “Lord of the Flies” with slightly older children and a much posher environment.