6/9/2023 0 Comments Genuine fraud book reviewWith each subsequent chapter and new globe-spanning setting, readers get breadcrumb-like pieces to the puzzle of why Jule is running, what happened with Imogen, and what makes the intricately drawn anti-heroine tick. However, as chapters descend in numerical order and reverse chronology, it becomes increasingly clear that Jule is an unreliable narrator the deceptive likes of which many readers won’t be prepared for. She’s strong and tough enough to defend herself (and then some), intelligent, and intuitive a feminist who contemplates gender persecution in society and in the hero tales she thinks herself worthy of: “women were rarely the centers of such stories…they were eye candy, arm candy, victims, or love interests…they existed to help the great white hetero hero on his fucking epic journey.” And Jule shows an endearing softness as we learn about her friendship with beautiful, wealthy Imogen, whom Jule misses dearly. She’s cold - sociopathic, even - and in trouble with the law, but a sexy lead. 5/14) opens in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, readers will be perversely enamored of eighteen-year-old narrator Jule. As soon as Lockhart’s latest intoxicating psychological thriller ( We Were Liars, rev.
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