Looker
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One of Vogue’s Best Books of 2019 *Vogue, Best Novels of 2019 *CrimeReads, Best Fiction Debuts of 2019 *Star-Ledger, Top Ten New Jersey Authors of 2019 *EsquireUK, Best Books of 2019 So Far *People, Best New Books of the Week *Southern Living, Best New Books of Winter 2019 *Entertainment Weekly, Hottest Reads of January *CosmoUK, Best New Books of January *Vogue, Lit Hub, and CrimeReads, Most Anticipated Books of 2019 In this taut, arresting debut, a woman becomes fixated on her neighbor—the actress. Though the two women live just a few doors apart, a chasm lies between them. The actress, a celebrity with a charmed career, shares a gleaming brownstone with her handsome husband and three adorable children, while the recently separated narrator, unhappily childless and stuck in a dead-end job, lives in a run-down, three-story walk-up with her ex-husband’s cat. As her fascination grows, the narrator’s hold on reality begins to slip. Before long, she’s collecting cast-off items from the actress’s stoop and fantasizing about sleeping with the actress’s husband. After a disastrous interaction with the actress at the annual block party, what began as an innocent preoccupation turns into a stunning—and irrevocable—unraveling. Immersive and darkly entertaining, Looker is a searing psychological portrait of obsession.
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I agree with everyone who say that this book isn't marketed properly.
But it's hard to put this book into a category. I read it in one day, which considering the length I understand that isn't hard to do. But I enjoyed it. We watch this woman attempt navigating life as a soon to be ex-wife, and she's struggling. We watch the dissolution of her life and it gets entertaining. It is not a mystery/thriller by any typical expectation but it's definitely a page turner and I could not put it down once I got into it.
