I’m not saying that all I do in lockdown is read thrillers, but… I have new thriller review up on News Break:
Social Creature, by Tara Isabella Burton, is a dramatic thriller about an intense, twisted friendship and about how far someone might go to make it in Manhattan.
Louise “works as a barista at this coffee shop that turns into a wine bar at night, and also writes for this e-commerce site called GlaZam that sells knockoff handbags, and is also an SAT tutor.” Which is a perfect description of getting by in the city, endlessly busy and working all hours, but nothing that sounds like a career when you’re asked what you do, and nothing that leads to a career.
When she meets Lavinia, Louise is instantly pulled in. Lavinia is the other kind of busy in Manhattan. She’s constantly having amazing nights at amazing parties. Her nights out are the Met opera or an exclusive event, not the free night at the museum or beers at a friend’s apartment. She’s on an endless sabbatical from school, working on a novel that no one actually expects to see finished, while her parents pay for everything.
Via Book Review: Desperation, Murder and Instagram in “Social Creature”
