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One of the Best Books of the Year: Janet Maslin, The New York TimesVultureNPR"Social Creature is a wicked original with echoes of the greats (Patricia Highsmith, Gillian Flynn)." —Janet Maslin, The New York Times
For readers of Gillian Flynn and Donna Tartt, a dark, propulsive and addictive debut thriller, splashed with all the glitz and glitter of New York City.
They go through both bottles of champagne right there on the High Line, with nothing but the stars over them... They drink and Lavinia tells Louise about all the places they will go together, when they finish their stories, when they are both great writers-to Paris and to Rome and to Trieste...
Lavinia will never go. She is going to die soon.
Louise has nothing. Lavinia has everything. After a chance encounter, the two spiral into an intimate, intense, and possibly toxic friendship. A
Talented Mr. Ripley for the digital age, this seductive story takes a classic tale of obsession and makes it irresistibly new.
Review
The New York Times, "17 Refreshing Books to Read This Summer"
Vulture, "18 Books We Can't Wait to Read This Summer"
Refinery29, "Brilliant Books to Bring to the Beach This Summer"O: The Oprah Magazine, "Top Books of Summer"People, "The Best New Books"
New York Post, "The 20 Best Reads for Your Summer Break"
Popsugar, "Best New Books for June"Brit + Co, "12 Page-Turning New Books to Read in June"
"Diabolical...A wicked original with echoes of the greats (Patricia Highsmith, Gillian Flynn)."
—Janet Maslin, The New York Times "Sharp as a shard of broken mirror...a formidable burlesque by Tara Isabella Burton. Her obvious model is Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley [but] Burton's tale has a great deal to say about the very tangible conventions of our time. Its superb dialogue and cutting sense of humor help it glide irresistibly toward the unnerving moment when Louise has to decide whether to kill again."
—New York Times Book Review
“What would Patricia Highsmith have made of today’s socialites with their squad goals and weaponized Instagrams? Probably a fictional stew of envy, tension, and mystery like the one Burton stirs together, crafting a story at once familiar and fresh, summery and shadowy.”
—Vulture"Edgy and hypnotic."
—People
"Dark, stylish...Burton's exceptional character work further elevates the tale; every individual is both victim and villain, imbuing their interactions with oceans of emotional subtext and creating conflict that propels the book toward its shocking yet inevitale conclusion...At once a thrilling and provocative crime novel, a devastating exploration of female insecurity, and a scathing indictment of society's obsession with social media."
—Kirkus *starred review*"Fans of the cult classic Poison Ivy will appreciate the mousy girl-wild girl dynamic on display in Burton's fiendishly clever debut...An ingenious dark thrille rin the Patricia Highsmith Tom Ripley mode...This devious, satisfying novel perfectly captures a very narrow slice of the Manhattan demimonde."
—Publishers Weekly *starred review*"Last summer, you read Jessica Knoll's
Luckiest Girl Alive. You relish bad-girl thrillers fueled by toxic friendship, bad choices and exclusive parties. This summer, try
Social Creature...Deliciously dark...Glorious fun."
—BookPage"This fast-paced, stylish, dialogue- and character-driven debut...will definitvely ensnare readers. Diabolically playing on what we think we know about others and what we reveal about ourselves in the social-media age, it will give readers the creeps, too."
—Booklist
"Pulsing energy, polished language, perfectly drawn characters."
—Library Journal“A
Talented Mr. Ripley for the social media age.”
—New York Post"Burton has a gift for crafting suspenseful scenes while giving Louise and Lavinia each a fully formed inner life that makes them unforgettable."
—Stylecaster"
Social Creature is getting comparisons to novels like
Gone Girl for good reason. The gritty thril