An audacious, page-turning debut thriller that will appeal to fans of Gillian Flynn, Paula Hawkins and Jodi Picoult. Ani FaNelli is the woman you love to hate. The woman who has it all. But behind the meticulously crafted facade lies the darkest and most violent of pasts ...When a documentary producer invites Ani to tell her side of the chilling and violent incident that took place when she was a teenager, she hopes it will be an opportunity to prove how far she's come since then. She'll even let the production company film her wedding to the wealthy Luke Harrison, the final step in her transformation. But as the wedding and filming converge, Ani's immaculate facade begins to crack, and she soon realises that there's always a price to pay for perfection.
An audacious, page-turning debut thriller that will appeal to fans of Gillian Flynn, Paula Hawkins and Jodi Picoult. Ani FaNelli is the woman you love to hate. The woman who has it all. But behind the meticulously crafted facade lies the darkest and most violent of pasts ...When a documentary producer invites Ani to tell her side of the chilling and violent incident that took place when she was a teenager, she hopes it will be an opportunity to prove how far she's come since then. She'll even let the production company film her wedding to the wealthy Luke Harrison, the final step in her transformation. But as the wedding and filming converge, Ani's immaculate facade begins to crack, and she soon realises that there's always a price to pay for perfection.
- ISBN:
- 9781447286202
- 9781447286202
- Category:
- Thriller / suspense
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 26-05-2015
- Publisher:
- Pan Macmillan
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Pages:
- 352
- Dimensions (mm):
- 234x152x26mm
- Weight:
- 0.47kg
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Reviews
2 Reviews
Ani sees protection in success, and success is what she has achieved, but at what cost? And what is it she is seeking protection from?
By the time you finish reading this, everything you thought you knew at the start will be turned on its head. You'll never guess where this page-turner will end up but you'll love trying!
The luckiest girl alive is a book that keeps you on the edge of your seat, turning the pages waiting to find out exactly what made Ani/TiFaNi such a mess.
And this book is NOT for a lot of readers. There is some pretty explicit content in here that would be disturbing for a number of reasons. Sexual assault and rape, murder and acts of terror are mentioned in here, so if these topics are triggers for you, I’d back away now.
If you’re still with me, hold on to your hats, because Ani is a manipulative, cold and calculating character, with few ties to friends and social networks to fall back on. Her narrative is harsh and judgmental, and it’s difficult to understand why marrying Luke is such an anchor for her. She rather despises Luke, but is holding on because of the status and wealth such a marriage provides her.
Ani is cruel to her friends her coworkers, and her mother, and is dead set on forging a path with a righteous end.
The book moves between 14 year old TifAni and her high school struggles, and 28 year old Ani, who is attempting to broadcast her success to everyone. The teen plot is a shallow and ‘heathers’ esque as you would expect. She’s trying to fit in with the cool crowd, and is plotting to take over the school.
The plot draws you in quickly, as there are asides throughout the narrative that hint at some catastrophic event that made Ani the woman she is. However as you delve deeper into her life you realize it’s not just one event that shaped her life, and Ani needs to choose how to move forward, if she can love Luke, or if she needs to make different choices to be free of her past.
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