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Looker by Laura Sims

5 reviews

perfectsham's review against another edition

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  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Laura Sims is a master at writing deeply flawed, messy, villainous and frankly bonkers women. This book is a delicious downward spiral of a truly terrible person, but initially we kind of sympathise with her due to her infertility struggles and her pretty insensitive husband. As the book progresses, it becomes clear that she is the furthest thing from a reliable narrator. 

WARNING: a cat is killed on page so if this is a deal-breaker for you, skip it.

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brashcandicoot's review against another edition

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dark sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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jahoffie's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Would not read again, will be donating the book. I'm feeling quite disturbed following reading it.
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marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

There are lots of really interesting themes woven into this short novel by the inimitable Laura Sims.  The narrator is a poetry professor who is incredibly bitter about her infertility and the consequent dissolution of her marriage.  Surrounded by the invasiveness of motherhood, she becomes increasingly obsessed with her neighbor—a famous actress—and the seemingly idealistic life she leads with husband and children in tow.  Does she want to know her, be her, or keep her?  Looker is a novel about personhood as performance with phenomenal narration by Katherine Fenton, for whose performance I’d listen to nearly anything.
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imallergictoavocad0s's review against another edition

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dark sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

It was a very strange book but it wasn’t bad. It was a bit underwhelming but otherwise it was fine 
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