Athena Liu, a celebrated Chinese
American author dies in a crazy mishap. Juniper Song Hathway, a jealous struggling
writer, witnesses the death. She battles a string of emotions starting from
shock to helplessness to opportunity! She steals Athena’s manuscript which is
still in a draft level, rewrites and sells it as her own. Thus, she strides in
the path of superstardom. She is appreciated by many. At the same time, many question
the authenticity because the story is about Chinese laborers during World War I.
The social media speculates that it must be Athena’s work. The rest of the story
is about to what happens to Juniper’s super stardom.
The author has such an exceptional
writing skill and character dimensions that
she makes us question a lot of things that we don’t think about otherwise. For
instance social media is both a villain and hero - A villain when it comes to hours
of aimless scrolling, trolling, and shaming. A hero because the one who is
trolled and shamed is viral and relevant, if we think about it? Then there is
this question of right and wrong. What is right for me, maybe wrong for you. The
characters in this book are so grey that the line between hero and villain
blurs. And is the world of publishing so absurd? If it is, it looks like a lonely
and scary world. I started reading this book with a certain end in mind. How
wrong I was proved. I also hallucinated like Juniper? The plot and situations are
thrilling, yes. The characters are
chilling. That’s a perfect c combination.
Highly recommend this one. It is one crazy
book, in a good way of course!
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