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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Fakedi Zoe Whittall
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 Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro.   ) mskrypuch | Sep 24, 2023 |  She drags the proto-agoraphobe Shelby out of her house. She gives Gibson the best sex of his life and a belief that he could be happy. And really, when they compare the problems that get them down, they are nothing compared to Cammie’s problems…and yet she is so full of life, a dynamo whose power lights up their lives for a time. Until… When Cammie’s stories start falling apart and suspicion grows, Shelby and Gibson come together with their conclusions that Cammie is a liar, but then we know that from the first chapter in Cammie’s voice. How much of a liar is the question and what are we to think of a con artist who make lie and cheat, but whose intervention in their lives heals some of their wounds. I loved The Best Kind of People and The Spectacular, so I expected to love The Fake as well. Instead, I did like parts of it, but found it disappointing overall. Is that because I had unfairly high expectations? I don’t think so, but admit it may be possible. However, I think there is a sort of unreality in how Shelby and Gibson react to being conned. When a person is betrayed and deceived so deeply and intimately, who has the self-awareness and ability to step back and think, but she did me so much good? Not me. I received an e-galley of The Fake from the publisher through Netgalley The Fake at Ballantine Books | Penguin Random House Zoe Whittall on Link Tree The Spectacular The Best Kind of People https://tonstantweaderreviews.wordpress.com/2023/04/17/the-fake-by-zoe-whittal/ (  ) Tonstant.Weader | Apr 17, 2023 | nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
"After the death of her wife, Shelby is suffering from prolonged grief. She's increasingly isolated, irritated by her family's stoicism and her friends' reliance on the toxic positivity of self-help culture. Then, in a grief support group, she meets Cammie, who gives her permission to express her most hopeless, hideous feelings. Cammie is charismatic and unlike anyone Shelby has ever met. She's also recovering from cancer and going through several other calamities. Shelby puts all her energy into helping Cammie thrive -- until her intuition tells her that something isn't right. Gibson is fresh from divorce, almost forty, and deeply depressed. Then he falls in love with Cammie. Not only is he having the best sex of his life with a woman so attractive he's stunned she even glanced his way, but he feels truly known for the first time in his life. But Gibson's friends are wary of Cammie, and eventually he, too, has to admit that all the drama in Cammie's life can feel a bit over the top. When Gibson and Shelby meet, they realize Cammie's stories don't always add up. In fact, they're far from the truth. But what kind of a person would lie about having cancer? And what does it say about Shelby and Gibson that they fell for it? From the author of The Best Kind of People and The Spectacular comes a sharp, emotional novel about lies, liars, and the people who love them." -- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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 Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni...GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyClassificazione LCVotoMedia: (3.8)
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