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Bezig met laden... The Fortune Seller: A Novel (editie 2024)door Rachel Kapelke-Dale (Auteur)
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"Yellowjackets meets The Cloisters in this beguiling coming-of-age story about class, reinvention, and destiny, set against the backdrop of two mysterious deaths. Middle-class Rosie Macalister has worked for years to fit in with her wealthy friends on the Yale equestrian team. But when she comes back from her junior year abroad with newfound confidence, she finds that the group has been infiltrated by a mysterious intruder: Annelise Tattinger. A talented tarot reader and a brilliant rider, the enigmatic Annelise is unlike anyone Rosie has ever met. But when one of their friends notices money disappearing from her bank account, Annelise's place in the circle is thrown into question. As the girls turn against each other, the group's unspoken tensions and assumptions lead to devastating consequences. It's only after graduation, when Rosie begins a job at a Manhattan hedge fund, that she begins to uncover Annelise's true identity--and how her place in their elite Yale set was no accident. Is it too late for Rosie to put right what went wrong, or does everyone's luck run out at some point? Set in the heady days of the early aughts, The Fortune Seller is a haunting examination of class, ambition, and the desires that shape our lives"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyWaarderingGemiddelde:
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The good: propulsive, reads quickly. I wanted to keep turning pages to see how it all played out! Dark academia ft. tarot reading was a catnip combo.
The not-so good: insufferable characters, that I could neither root for nor even relate to; requires suspended disbelief at points; plot relies very heavily on equestrianism.
The spoiler-free setup:
Four girlfriend/roomies on their Yale equestrian team take on a fifth their sophomore year of college. Things are good in the friend group until they aren't. Relationship fractures appear. Someone dies somewhat mysteriously, though Yale and the girls' lives go on as if nothing happened.
Main character - Rosie - is upper middle class, but is alternatively resentful and ashamed that compared to her Yale classmates, she's a 'poor' with financially struggling (vet) parents. She's a social striver, so entranced by the trappings of wealth and privilege, that her goal was to become uber-wealthy by proxy and proximity. She's so hungry for table scraps from her wealthy roommates that she doesn't realize she's seen as invisible and dismissible to those she's trying so hard to impress. She's willing to sellout anything - including herself - for money.
Although it's definitely YAish, this book kept my attention. If you like PLL, or Yellow Jackets or similar, you'll probably like this, too. Coincidentally, after finishing this I blind picked up In My Dreams, I Hold A Knife, which is thematically very similar. ( )