Luckiest Girl Alive: A Novel
*NOW A NETFLIX FILM STARRING MILA KUNIS*
Fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train will thrill at this âperfect page-turnerâ (People)âthat Reese Witherspoon describes as âone of those reads you just canât put down!â This instant New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling novel follows an unforgettable young woman striving to create the perfect lifeâuntil a violent incident from her past threatens to unravel everything and expose her most shocking secret.
HER PERFECT LIFE IS A PERFECT LIE
As a teenager at the prestigious Bradley School, Ani FaNelli endured a shocking, public humiliation that left her desperate to reinvent herself. Now, with a glamorous job, expensive wardrobe, and handsome blue blood fiancĂ©, sheâs this close to living the perfect life sheâs worked so hard to achieve.
But Ani has a secret.
Thereâs something else buried in her past that still haunts her, something private and painful that threatens to bubble to the surface and destroy everything.
With a singular voice and twists you wonât see coming, Luckiest Girl Alive explores the unbearable pressure that so many women feel to âhave it allâ and introduces a heroine whose sharp edges and cutthroat ambition have been protecting a scandalous truth, and a heart that's bigger than it first appears.
The question remains: will breaking her silence destroy all that she has worked forâor, will it at long last, set Ani free?
Fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train will thrill at this âperfect page-turnerâ (People)âthat Reese Witherspoon describes as âone of those reads you just canât put down!â This instant New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling novel follows an unforgettable young woman striving to create the perfect lifeâuntil a violent incident from her past threatens to unravel everything and expose her most shocking secret.
HER PERFECT LIFE IS A PERFECT LIE
As a teenager at the prestigious Bradley School, Ani FaNelli endured a shocking, public humiliation that left her desperate to reinvent herself. Now, with a glamorous job, expensive wardrobe, and handsome blue blood fiancĂ©, sheâs this close to living the perfect life sheâs worked so hard to achieve.
But Ani has a secret.
Thereâs something else buried in her past that still haunts her, something private and painful that threatens to bubble to the surface and destroy everything.
With a singular voice and twists you wonât see coming, Luckiest Girl Alive explores the unbearable pressure that so many women feel to âhave it allâ and introduces a heroine whose sharp edges and cutthroat ambition have been protecting a scandalous truth, and a heart that's bigger than it first appears.
The question remains: will breaking her silence destroy all that she has worked forâor, will it at long last, set Ani free?
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I canât completely pinpoint why but this was not as good as I wanted it to be. After reading âBright Young Womenâ I was really looking to reading another popular Jessica Knoll read especially since this one was turned into a movie. The book felt very anti-climatic. I knew that bad things had to have happened in Aniâs past but I felt like the telling of that story came out of thin air. I feel as if I still have unanswered questions about Ani. She was an incredibly mysterious character that I couldnât connect with and her story seems unresolved for me. The premise of the book is incredibly complex and intriguing though so I didnât dislike it I just felt like I was wanting more. My book club group decided to read this one and watch the movie together to compare so Iâm excited to check out the movie because I think this story has very good potential for a screen adaptation.
Oh dear. High school drama and angst- written with a heavy hand. Was hard to get into. Lots of unlikeable characters and they don't redeem themselves or get better- just worse. Read it since wanted to watch the Netflix movie coming out.
I was worried about this one when I glanced at all the mixed reviews, but I'd read the first few chapters when it was included in a Buzz Books sampler and was instantly intrigued. So when I came across a copy in a thrift store, I snatched it up! I went into this book knowing very little about the story; I'm so glad that I hadn't been spoiled. I thought it was so well-written, the main character was fascinating, and the circumstances behind her story were harrowing.
This book was so good at capturing how far anxiety can push you and influence every choice you make. Although the book did not disappoint, the movie did.
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