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ClareR (5789 KP) rated Stargazer in Books

Nov 26, 2022  
Stargazer
Stargazer
Laurie Petrou | 2022 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, Thriller
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9.0 (1 Ratings)
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Just to be clear: I really enjoyed this.

BUT, when I looked at it on Goodreads, one of the tags was “historical fiction”. Has it come to this now, that 1995 - the year I graduated from Uni - is seen as historical fiction?!

I’m feeling a bit old.

Anyway, I’ll hobble on to the review…

Diana and Aurelle live next door to one another in a wealthy neighbourhood, but have nothing to do with one another until Diana’s brother unexpectedly dies. Diana has had a poor relationship with her brother, but he was clearly their parent’s favourite. Diana is pushed away by her parents, and she ends up next door with Aurelle.

They become close friends, decide to study at the same college, and live together in Aurelle’s family house near the university campus. It’s an idyllic setting. Classrooms in woodland, near a lake. It sounds beautiful.

Aurelle starts to go off the rails, whilst Diana’s art really takes off.

And then it all goes terribly wrong with misunderstandings, envy and obsession.

I didn’t see the latter half of this book coming at all, and it was a real shock!

The whole book was fascinating, though. A prime example of young adults cut loose from the relative stability of their families and left to do whatever they want. And what these girls want to do, especially Aurelle, just isn’t good for them.

So if you like a ‘good’ toxic relationship in a story, then this will be for you. I thoroughly enjoyed it