About the Book
A young woman agrees to star in a filmmaker’s latest project, but soon realizes the movie is not what she expected in this chilling debut novel.
In the wake of her father’s death, Betty Roux doesn’t allow herself to mourn. Instead, she pushes away her mother, breaks up with her boyfriend, and leaves everything behind to move to New York City. She doesn’t know what she wants, except to run.
When she’s offered the chance to play the leading role in mysterious indie filmmaker Anthony Marino’s new project, she jumps at the opportunity. For a month Betty will live in a cabin on a private island off the coast of Maine, with a five-person cast and crew. Her mother warns against it, but Betty is too drawn to the charismatic Anthony to say no.
Anthony gives her a new identity–Lola–and Betty tells herself that this is exactly what she’s been looking for. The chance to reinvent herself. That is, until they begin filming and she meets Sammy, the island’s caretaker, and Betty realizes just how little she knows about the movie and its director.
My Review
I … I didn’t really understand this one. I enjoy a good thriller now and again so I decided to say yes to reviewing Melissa Larsen’s debut novel, but I simply couldn’t follow along. None of the characters seemed completely fleshed out, and I had new questions popping up about them every few pages. I could see where the suspense/thriller action was trying to come in, but even that part of the story left me with more question marks than genuine interest. I did read the full book, but it didn’t have many redeeming qualities.
2 stars
