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I wasn't sure how to feel about this book at the end although I loved it and it was a much needed escape from all the doom/gloom of Covid. Anna is a fantastic character, as are the rest throughout the book. The descriptions and proper/rich lifestyle of the von Bizmark family are hilarious and also absurd at times. They have so much and what they worry about is laughable.
Anna goes through somewhat if an identity crisis throughout the book and asks herself all the "what if" questions and the fallout is hilarious, emotional and I found myself rooting for her. I honestly wasn't sure if I was going to like this book or not in the first few chapters but it gets better. Overall, I really liked this book and it is a great debut for the author.
Thanks to Netgalley, Elizabeth Topp, and publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinion are my own.
Available: 10/6/20
I've been excited about this book since I first heard about it, and it did not disappoint. The characters sucked you into the story and the story kept you turning pages as fast as you could. I devoured it in a day. I loved it.
Honestly, this was a total miss for me. I was hard to get into the book. Honestly I really wanted to read this book. Based on the description it sounded like it was my type of book. The writing is decent. I just found that I didn’t connect with the characters and at times it was predictable. The main character Anna comes off as annoying. This book as was a hard pass.
This book just wasn’t for me. Struggled to read it as the writing did not capture my attention at all.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49919782
This was such a fun read, and a great escape from all the Coronavirus news reports that we're all living with. The story centers on Anna, an unknown artist and senior personal assistant to one of the richest socialites in Manhattan, Bambi (Kissy) Von Bizmark,. I have no idea whether the Von Bismarks' uber-rich and privileged lifestyle is partly based on truth, because the circles they move in are nowhere close to mine. I will say that the descriptions of the family members, their 'people' and their homes were highly imaginative and over the top hiilarious. Bravo to Elizabeth Topp on her debut novel!