Social Creature
A Novel
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3.8 • 131 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
One of the Best Books of the Year:
Janet Maslin, The New York Times
Vulture
NPR
"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.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
At first, Social Creature seems to be just another 21st-century thriller with a flawed young heroine at its center. But Tara Isabella Burton’s debut novel has a vintage feel that's as much Patricia Highsmith as it is Gillian Flynn. Aspiring writer Louise is mesmerized by her new pal Lavinia's casually opulent lifestyle, but then her FOMO takes a murderous turn. Burton's gleefully mordant wit owes a clear debt to Highsmith's sociopathic antihero Tom Ripley, but her focus on social media–driven obsession feels devilishly up-to-the-minute.
Customer Reviews
so very true....
absolutely amazing ambiance and character building. author did an amazing job at her characters. i knew exactly how everyone would respond and was never bored. i will say that i wish i didnt learn about Lavinias death until it happened; regardless, it didnt hinder my enjoyment of the book
Almost great
The book is well written which is why I gave it 3 stars, but the story itself was a bit lackluster. It always seemed like the narration was better suited to describe a nightmare of a dream as there seemed to be so many detailed variables that didn’t go anywhere.
Awesome but
But I hope for a sequel or just a more conclusive end…