Grand
Central
June
18, 2019
978-1538759516
Women’s
Fiction, Suspense
Hardback
Reviewed
by Gina (myreviewbooks@aol.com)
Obtained
by Publisher
3
Hearts
An
artist who never names herself aspires to follow in the footsteps of a well-known
artist named Carey Logan. Virtually deified
by the artist community, both those that do and those that view, Carey was a
one of a kind until one day she put on cement books and walked into the lake at
Pine City and died. Our narrator tells of her own journey and how
very much she wants to emulate Carey.
The reader travels along as she creates her particular themes and
finally achieves her dream of working at Pine City. But Pine City is not the glorious enclave of
creativity she has long thought existed. As she layers paint and pigment into her own
creations at the same time she unpeels a shocking story that is scarcely
believable.
I had
high expectations of Barbara Buorland’s FAKE LIKE ME. The blurb sounded like I was going to be treated
to a thrilling psychological mystery.
One I could sink my teeth into and would keep me awake late into the
night. The first 2/3 of the book read
more like a memoir of a struggling artist.
I never connected to the unnamed narrator. She came across as a self-proclaimed
victim. She was one of those people who
keeps doing the same thing over and over knowing it didn’t work the first five
times, but expecting it to work on the sixth.
Her
arrival at Pine City drew me in, but when she seemed to go back down the “poor
me” role I lost what little connection to her that was forming. By time the solution to the mystery is
revealed I was ready to be done. I didn’t
understand most of the art world references – some back story or explanations
of what they meant from the characters would have done a lot to improve the
story for me. Readers who are art savvy will
enjoy those aspects. My high school
boyfriend was (and still is) an artist and I can see him being completely
absorbed by the story.
This
is an objective review and not an endorsement
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