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A review by orlaithma
Social Creature by Tara Isabella Burton
4.0
Wow, just wow. I absolutely adored Social Creature.
Lavinia and Louise are two characters I could easily love to hate but there's no denying that together they make for a very compelling story.
Lavinia is a New York City socialite for the social media age. She regularly posts on every social media platform, shes at a different party every night always in a fabulous one of a kind dress. Shes an ex-aspiring actress, an aspiring writer and when she loves you, she really loves you.
On the other hand, there is meek, eager to please Louise. She is working multiple jobs writing articles, tutoring and working shifts in a bar all while staying up all night trying to keep up with Lavinia's lifestyle.
As you can imagine, pretty soon cracks begin to show.
I don't want to give away any spoilers but from around the halfway mark, I had to take multiple short breaks from the story because the anticipation of what is going to happen, combined with the sense of foreboding caused my anxiety to flare up. With any other such novel, I'd have been inclined to give up, but the snappy, and ever more frantic, writing kept me coming back for more.
Louise may not have been likeable but her conscious narrative was enthralling.
Many thanks to the publisher for sending me a free copy.
Lavinia and Louise are two characters I could easily love to hate but there's no denying that together they make for a very compelling story.
Lavinia is a New York City socialite for the social media age. She regularly posts on every social media platform, shes at a different party every night always in a fabulous one of a kind dress. Shes an ex-aspiring actress, an aspiring writer and when she loves you, she really loves you.
On the other hand, there is meek, eager to please Louise. She is working multiple jobs writing articles, tutoring and working shifts in a bar all while staying up all night trying to keep up with Lavinia's lifestyle.
As you can imagine, pretty soon cracks begin to show.
I don't want to give away any spoilers but from around the halfway mark, I had to take multiple short breaks from the story because the anticipation of what is going to happen, combined with the sense of foreboding caused my anxiety to flare up. With any other such novel, I'd have been inclined to give up, but the snappy, and ever more frantic, writing kept me coming back for more.
Louise may not have been likeable but her conscious narrative was enthralling.
Many thanks to the publisher for sending me a free copy.