Genuine Fraud

Genuine Fraud is so Lockhart. I suppose it's a psychological thriller, something I tend to steer clear of these days but I gave it a go because I just love Lockhart's writing style. It does also manage to avoid some of the cliches of the genre too.

Jule is your ultimate unreliable narrator, reinventing herself as she hides from something in her past. She misses her friends Imogen and Paolo, yet she's in a Mexican resort pretending to be Imogen. What is going on?

Ultimately, nothing is too surprising but I liked the journey to get there, with all the little lies and truths knitting together through flashbacks. These flashbacks get older the further back they go and you start to realise how far from the truth Jule has strayed.

In true Lockhart style, there's plenty of rich East Coast girls and trips to Martha's Vineyard. It seems surprisingly easy for Jule to pass herself off as Imogen, she has access to just enough to path the way for her fraud. I liked Jule's origin story, the idea that she is the superhero or action hero in her own story. She so doesn't want to be who she once was, that she creates her own narrative.

Remember when "new adult" was a thing? Well if it still is a thing, Genuine Fraud would fall firmly into it. The characters are college age and they have independence. The girls are orphans but it's not done just to get rid of the parental figures.

Genuine Fraud is so Lockhart. I suppose it's a psychological thriller, something I tend to steer clear of these days but I gave it a go because I just love Lockhart's writing style. It does also manage to avoid some of the cliches of the genre too.

Jule is your ultimate unreliable narrator, reinventing herself as she hides from something in her past. She misses her friends Imogen and Paolo, yet she's in a Mexican resort pretending to be Imogen. What is going on?

Ultimately, nothing is too surprising but I liked the journey to get there, with all the little lies and truths knitting together through flashbacks. These flashbacks get older the further back they go and you start to realise how far from the truth Jule has strayed.

In true Lockhart style, there's plenty of rich East Coast girls and trips to Martha's Vineyard. It seems surprisingly easy for Jule to pass herself off as Imogen, she has access to just enough to path the way for her fraud. I liked Jule's origin story, the idea that she is the superhero or action hero in her own story. She so doesn't want to be who she once was, that she creates her own narrative.

Remember when "new adult" was a thing? Well if it still is a thing, Genuine Fraud would fall firmly into it. The characters are college age and they have independence. The girls are orphans but it's not done just to get rid of the parental figures.