The Truth About Her
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3.3 • 78 Ratings
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- £7.99
Publisher Description
Brought to you by Penguin.
When Callie rents a beach cottage in Whitstable, she doesn't expect for its owner to be glamorous influencer Vanessa Lowe.
Vanessa has it all. A beautiful home, a loyal husband, three perfect children, and a growing number of adoring online fans.
Callie has long admired her world from afar. But when Vanessa invites her in, the closer Callie looks, the more she suspects that there's more to Vanessa than meets the eye.
So when Vanessa's son disappears, Callie must question everything she knows. Is Vanessa a mother in despair? Or is she a woman who'll do whatever it takes to cover up the cracks...
©2023 Annie Taylor (P)2023 Penguin Audio
Customer Reviews
*Life on Film*
This was a bit of a twisted one, the phrase be careful what you wish for comes to mind.
Callie decides to get away from it all and take some time out for herself to write. She is more than s little surprised to see that the beach cottage in Whitstable her mother booked for her to rent is owned by Vanessa Lowe who spends a lot of time on Instagram and is now an influencer.
Vanessa is a complicated character who has created this perfect facade all in pictures. The handsome husband, 3 beautiful children and a perfect home. What lies behind closed doors. Callie is a fan of what Vanessa does but when they meet Callie finds out that there is more to her than meets the eye
There is another person in the equation that is the previous tenant Rachel who very quickly became close friends with Vanessa over time Rachel gets tiny glimmers of the real Vanessa and through the power of social media, Rachel is banished out of Vanessa’s life. Now through accusations and tragedy we start to find out what lies behind the facade that is being portrayed by Vanessa.
What matters more to Vanessa? More followers, the reality of her life? and towards the end the reason behind the tragedy is heartbreaking.
A compelling and tense read
Brilliant writing, narration, not so much.
The writing was very compelling, but the narrator read this so fast that it just become a garbled mess, no justice to the writer at all. Every situation was read as in total panic, even when the solicitor was being read as if she didn’t have a clue what was happening. If I had a solicitor who acted the way this narrator did, I would just sack them.
I cannot continue with the audio as it is just not easy to listen to. Please tell the narrator to stop, slow, think about the situation that you are reading, not everything is in panic mode, not everyone speaks so quickly that only hummingbirds can understand.
Such a shame.