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The Princess of Las Vegas
by Chris Bohjalian
Disclosure: I received this book as ebook and audiobook review copies via DoubleDay (netgalley) and from PRH Audio book influencer program. I loved reading parts of the book, Bohjalian's writing is great, and appreciated the multi narration in the audiobook but particularly how Crissy was narrated.
The Princess of Las Vegas is a deftly written book that for me captured a slow but steady sense of unraveling and uncertainty... The Vegas setting, the really interesting idea of being a Diana impersonator but also having an identical twin and a complicated twin relationship (there for me is a LOT to unpack with that who theme), the growing number of dead bodies, the political twists and turns, the darker side of Vegas and politics and money. It's all in here and it's a slow burn sense of unease blurred through a lens of self medication and alcohol and related struggles.
I really liked a lot of the way, for me, complex and layered themes on identity, obsession, and greed came together in a unique way. Crissy and her Diana impersonation, her personal struggles, her unhealthy relationship with her sister, the unsettling uncanniness of her niece, the sense that she is on the sense of possibly losing sense of who SHE is while waking up to what's happening around her.. Crissy is one of the most captivating, though not overly likable, characters I have read in a while and I applaud her character development and the depth of her story.
This is so well-crafted, don't let a slow pace trick you at the start, this story will grab you and pull you in... the plot shakes up the reader just as some interconnected stories with dead bodies, politicians, and a twin sister come together to completely shake up Crissy's life.
The Princess of Las Vegas is a deftly written book that for me captured a slow but steady sense of unraveling and uncertainty... The Vegas setting, the really interesting idea of being a Diana impersonator but also having an identical twin and a complicated twin relationship (there for me is a LOT to unpack with that who theme), the growing number of dead bodies, the political twists and turns, the darker side of Vegas and politics and money. It's all in here and it's a slow burn sense of unease blurred through a lens of self medication and alcohol and related struggles.
I really liked a lot of the way, for me, complex and layered themes on identity, obsession, and greed came together in a unique way. Crissy and her Diana impersonation, her personal struggles, her unhealthy relationship with her sister, the unsettling uncanniness of her niece, the sense that she is on the sense of possibly losing sense of who SHE is while waking up to what's happening around her.. Crissy is one of the most captivating, though not overly likable, characters I have read in a while and I applaud her character development and the depth of her story.
This is so well-crafted, don't let a slow pace trick you at the start, this story will grab you and pull you in... the plot shakes up the reader just as some interconnected stories with dead bodies, politicians, and a twin sister come together to completely shake up Crissy's life.