A review by cammiem8
My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams

mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

3.75

I did feel for Rachel at parts, but her narrative was just shy of the self awareness I’d want from a book like this. She glosses over the privileges that she had that allowed her to survive Anna’s scam, and her irresponsible actions that led her to this problem in the first place. Like I truly don’t understand how after having her card held at the hotel because Anna’s declined, she thought she could expect Anna to cover the bill at the extremely expensive outing they took right after?  As a person with a severe anxiety disorder, I really felt sorry for her when she described how physically affected she was by the stress of the events of this book, but materially, she’s just fine and even better than she was when she got scammed. She writes well but I wish I could have seen more genuine self reflection in her memoir. 
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