We Could Be Beautiful

I was disappointed with this book. The main character was very superficial and this eventually became quite boring. I was willing to go along for the ride in hopes of some tension building and a mystery being solved at some point. The mystery part was very brief and anti-climactic to say the least. I would only recommend this to someone looking for a light read and not wanting any sort of complex character development or plot.

Thank you to NetGalley for a digital review copy of this book.

3.75 ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I have probably never felt less sympathetic for a main character-narrator than I did for this one. At least not recently. I am referring, of course, to Catherine West, the bored, lonely, self-indulgent, trust-fund baby that is the main focus of We Could Be Beautiful. I mean, these are the kinds of things she says:

When I said “I love you,” it might have been more for me than for her. I was making a serious effort to become softer. I was practicing. It made me so uncomfortable to utter these words that I actually felt dizzy for a second, and distractedly reached for my water glass to avoid eye contact.

it would have been incredibly easy for this character to veer off into unforgivable silliness and absurdity

This is not a thriller in the traditional sense

a steady ominous thrum surrounding William and “The Secret”