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A review by alienclans
Looker by Laura Sims
4.0
Torn between 4 and 5 stars. This is exactly my kind of novel. I love character studies like this. If you’re the kind of person who complains about books being “pointless,” skip this. If you enjoy getting into the head of a character, especially unlikable, troubled women, you will like this. In some ways, it reminded me of Bitter Orange but this one is more fun.
I really enjoyed this novel. It felt increasingly chaotic. I was right there with the narrator the whole time, wondering what she would do next. She makes so many bad decisions and just spirals, spirals, spirals. I related to her in a weird way. I have nothing in common with her but I can relate to that feeling of losing control over your life and giving in to the worst parts of yourself because sometimes it’s easier and sometimes it feels better than resisting your worst self. On my worst days, I want to give in to the desire to destroy my own life, much like she does. Destruction by your own hand can feel better than destruction by circumstance (in this case, feeling like a failure because she can’t have children and her husband left her, both of which she can’t control). She leans into failure and destruction until she has nothing.
I really enjoyed this novel. It felt increasingly chaotic. I was right there with the narrator the whole time, wondering what she would do next. She makes so many bad decisions and just spirals, spirals, spirals. I related to her in a weird way. I have nothing in common with her but I can relate to that feeling of losing control over your life and giving in to the worst parts of yourself because sometimes it’s easier and sometimes it feels better than resisting your worst self. On my worst days, I want to give in to the desire to destroy my own life, much like she does. Destruction by your own hand can feel better than destruction by circumstance (in this case, feeling like a failure because she can’t have children and her husband left her, both of which she can’t control). She leans into failure and destruction until she has nothing.