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ellen_mellor 's review for:
The Goldens
by Lauren Wilson
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What happens when a rich, psychopathic young woman surrounds herself with an adoring coterie of other young women with self-esteem issues? It turns out you got a girly Lord of the Flies set on a country estate crossed with Saltburn.
That is of course a very broad, not entirely serious assessment of The Goldens.
It is a really well written story about a young woman who gets drawn into the orbit of a beautiful, charismatic woman and slowly gets subsumed into just becoming an adjunct.
It is also a vicious takedown of Influencer Culture and the worship of people who are famous for being famous.
It felt uncomfortably believable at least partly because I have felt that jealousy of comparing myself to another woman and coming up massively short, blaming myself for it and wanting what she has in terms of looks, confidence and success.
A somewhat uncomfortable read, then, but only because it's so well written.
That is of course a very broad, not entirely serious assessment of The Goldens.
It is a really well written story about a young woman who gets drawn into the orbit of a beautiful, charismatic woman and slowly gets subsumed into just becoming an adjunct.
It is also a vicious takedown of Influencer Culture and the worship of people who are famous for being famous.
It felt uncomfortably believable at least partly because I have felt that jealousy of comparing myself to another woman and coming up massively short, blaming myself for it and wanting what she has in terms of looks, confidence and success.
A somewhat uncomfortable read, then, but only because it's so well written.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting
Moderate: Death, Blood, Murder