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Astrid Sees All by Natalie Standiford
4.0
It’s 1984 and Phoebe is 22 years old and has just left her home in Baltimore and has moved to New York. She’s struggling to make ends meet while working at a bookstore and making minimum wage, the only bright spot is her friend Carmen, and Phoebe is a bit infatuated with her, she’s constantly asking herself what would Carmen do. Carmen can charm anyone but she has her flaws, she’s always looking after her dug addicted boyfriend and she herself has been to rehab. When Phoebe accepts a job at a popular night club where the wealthy and famous people
party, she becomes Astrid she reads fortunes off old movie theatre ticket stubs. She makes more at the nightclub than at the bookstore, and soon she sees her life start to spiral downward, especially after the death of her father and an unfortunate relationship with an older man. Carmen and Phoebe rent their own apartment and the neighborhood is filled with artist, drugs and people who have been to jail. Soon Phoebe begins to pick up a few self destructing habits and begins to lose herself, all she wants is a glamorous life like the ones she sees every night at the club. I really enjoyed this book! I loved the atmospheric details the author gave about the grittiness and darkness around the clubs and neighborhoods Phoebe visited, she seems so real especially with her struggles. Reading about the 1980’s partying scene made the reader wish they were right there! Four stars!
party, she becomes Astrid she reads fortunes off old movie theatre ticket stubs. She makes more at the nightclub than at the bookstore, and soon she sees her life start to spiral downward, especially after the death of her father and an unfortunate relationship with an older man. Carmen and Phoebe rent their own apartment and the neighborhood is filled with artist, drugs and people who have been to jail. Soon Phoebe begins to pick up a few self destructing habits and begins to lose herself, all she wants is a glamorous life like the ones she sees every night at the club. I really enjoyed this book! I loved the atmospheric details the author gave about the grittiness and darkness around the clubs and neighborhoods Phoebe visited, she seems so real especially with her struggles. Reading about the 1980’s partying scene made the reader wish they were right there! Four stars!