A review by naharobed
The Portrait of a Mirror by A. Natasha Joukovsky

5.0

I am in love with this book. It was so sharply witty and astute. It’s basically about two New York couples— all four of them are super attractive, rich, intelligent, and respected in their field of work. They slowly begin to become entangled in each other’s lives and it was so interesting to see how that played out. I think many people would find this book and its characters highly pretentious (because it is and they are). While this book is not a difficult read, it’s by no means easy. It’s quite dense and wordy and I found myself having to devour it slowly to fully appreciate the brilliance of the author’s writing. She has taken the myth of Narcissus and created a modern retelling that examines social status, desire, and egocentricity.