A review by jaclyncrupi
Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

4.0

What a deliciously great character study of a woman. I loved love-hating her for the first half of this sarcastic and biting book. Knoll cleverly manipulates her reader and the more we learn about deeply 'unlikeable' Ani the more we like and understand her. Clever and kind of a reverse Gone Girl. I enjoy well drawn 'unlikeable' characters and this book was perfection in that regard. Bullying, rape, consent, eating disorders, social class structures and violence all form part of this book and it's not as light as it appears. Unputdownable. There was some repetition of a couple of darlings that broke my heart. It was great material the first time and lost all power when repeated later. The twists and turns aren't always surprising and you see the ending coming a mile away but I was ok with that.