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jennyjanuary 's review for:
Luckiest Girl Alive
by Jessica Knoll
I loved this book, I really did. I thought the quality of the writing itself was extraordinary, even though I spent most of the book hating the narrator (though not her former, high school self). I don't think the comparison to Gone Girl is an appropriate one, and I think it sets up the wrong expectations for this book. TifAni FaNelli is no Amy Dunne, but she is an expertly drawn character in her own right, despite her stupid name.
I knocked off a star for two reasons: the near-constant invocation of chichi brand names got to be too much for me, as well as how important being thin and rich and pretty was (though she had good reason to value these superficial things); and the second, and more important reason, is that I often found the writing to be inadvertently opaque. Like the writer glosses over these big moments, and I never understood why. I found myself having to go back to re-read paragraphs to make sure I didn't miss anything -- and I hadn't. It was just written that way. On the whole, the writing was gorgeous, but these blips in transparency were frustrating.
All in all, I say: Read this book.
I knocked off a star for two reasons: the near-constant invocation of chichi brand names got to be too much for me, as well as how important being thin and rich and pretty was (though she had good reason to value these superficial things); and the second, and more important reason, is that I often found the writing to be inadvertently opaque. Like the writer glosses over these big moments, and I never understood why. I found myself having to go back to re-read paragraphs to make sure I didn't miss anything -- and I hadn't. It was just written that way. On the whole, the writing was gorgeous, but these blips in transparency were frustrating.
All in all, I say: Read this book.