“There were moments when I had thought that I did not so much want her as wanted to be her” There are a few minor issues, places that didn’t gel completely, but books centered around fixations and obsessions must allow for a few inconsistencies here and there, as characters create and absorb information and respond to it, occasionally reacting to revelations in unexpected ways, as we would in reality. This novel is certainly a slow burner, but the atmosphere alone was enough to keep me invested in the story. Lucy is shocked by her friend’s condition, the way her husband, John, treats her, and is determined to pull the wool from Alice’s eyes and convince her to go back home with her to New York.Īlice remains torn, slowly coming around to Lucy’s way of thinking- until her husband disappears… Quite simply, there is nothing to stop it, nothing at all.” Time moves along, without constraints- no matter how hard one may attempt to pause, to alter, to rewrite it. Now, Lucy has decided to take a vacation to Morocco to visit her old friend-showing up unannounced, out of the blue, without an invitation.
Not long afterwards, Alice got married and moved to Morocco. The time period- 1950’s, the location- Morocco- sets the stage nicely, for a charlatan tale of obsession and manipulation that left me chilled to the core.Īlice and Lucy were roommates until a horrendous incident separated them. I can tell you up front this book may not be for everyone, but I really liked it. That, along with a few friend reviews, convinced me to see what all the fuss was about. I must admit, I was intrigued, and the synopsis did capture my attention. “As if Donna Tartt, Gillian Flynn, and Patricia Highsmith had collaborated on a screenplay to be filmed by Hitchcock-suspenseful and atmospheric.” I've helped authors through various stages of marketing, and trust me, sometimes authors just pull those blurb quotes right out of thin air without even reading the book first.īut… Then I saw that Joyce Carol Oates had written an endorsement for this debut novel, saying: I seldom give much credence to author recommendations, having learned a long time ago, that they are mostly meaningless.
Tangerine by Christine Mangan is a 2018 Ecco publication.
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