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Limelight
Frankie has a love-hate relationship with the spotlight. She secretly craves attention, but she is ashamed of that craving. And after a lifetime of comparison to her perfect sister Bean, she has never felt more invisible. She only ever feels seen when she uploads risqué photos to her small community of online fans. She creates a new her: confident, sexy, unforgettable, and utterly unrecognisable from the real Frankie.
Then the worst happens. Bean is diagnosed with cancer. While Frankie wants to fill the freezer with home cooked food, her mother decides she knows better and somehow launches a nationwide cancer fundraiser, with Frankie as the supportive-sister-spokesmodel. And with a delicious sense of inevitability, her account is found. Now everyone has their eyes on Frankie.
With her mum and sister no longer speaking to her, Frankie flounders in her newfound notoriety. Feminists and misogynists rage at her online, while she attracts hundreds of new subscribers. Whether they're demanding apologies or expecting an empowering call to arms, everyone wants Frankie to explain herself. But how can she explain what she barely understands?
Limelight is a story about sisterhood, sexuality, and self-esteem. It's about how we cope with living in a world which constantly tells us who we are. What happens when we stop listening and start paying attention to who we need to become?
Then the worst happens. Bean is diagnosed with cancer. While Frankie wants to fill the freezer with home cooked food, her mother decides she knows better and somehow launches a nationwide cancer fundraiser, with Frankie as the supportive-sister-spokesmodel. And with a delicious sense of inevitability, her account is found. Now everyone has their eyes on Frankie.
With her mum and sister no longer speaking to her, Frankie flounders in her newfound notoriety. Feminists and misogynists rage at her online, while she attracts hundreds of new subscribers. Whether they're demanding apologies or expecting an empowering call to arms, everyone wants Frankie to explain herself. But how can she explain what she barely understands?
Limelight is a story about sisterhood, sexuality, and self-esteem. It's about how we cope with living in a world which constantly tells us who we are. What happens when we stop listening and start paying attention to who we need to become?
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First published June 1, 2023
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November 28, 2023
Thank you Nicki Lucky for my reading copy!
This was an easy read for me. The writing flowed nicely and Frankie is quite relatable as a main character. I know others feel that she put her sister on too high a pedestal but I understand where she's coming from, it's easy to show love for our friends and family however it's harder to show the same love for ourselves. I love that by the end of the novel she realises that women all have the same disjointed view on their bodies because let's face it, most of us do.
I wish however that she would go more into the beauty of everyone's characters more, yes she says her sister is bright and organised etc but I wanted more about women who are struggling not just with their beauty but with e.g. being mother's while they face a cancer diagnosis, or are single mothers that had to raise two daughters solo after their partner passed away. These subjects were barely touched on, I feel it could have put more raw emotion into the story.
By the end the empathy I felt for Frankie made me realise I should also be kind to myself when speaking about my body. This is a topic a lot of women struggle with from a very early age and if we were able to free ourselves from the shame and negativity we'd go so much further. My first Daisy Buchanan novel and definitely not my last!
This was an easy read for me. The writing flowed nicely and Frankie is quite relatable as a main character. I know others feel that she put her sister on too high a pedestal but I understand where she's coming from, it's easy to show love for our friends and family however it's harder to show the same love for ourselves. I love that by the end of the novel she realises that women all have the same disjointed view on their bodies because let's face it, most of us do.
I wish however that she would go more into the beauty of everyone's characters more, yes she says her sister is bright and organised etc but I wanted more about women who are struggling not just with their beauty but with e.g. being mother's while they face a cancer diagnosis, or are single mothers that had to raise two daughters solo after their partner passed away. These subjects were barely touched on, I feel it could have put more raw emotion into the story.
By the end the empathy I felt for Frankie made me realise I should also be kind to myself when speaking about my body. This is a topic a lot of women struggle with from a very early age and if we were able to free ourselves from the shame and negativity we'd go so much further. My first Daisy Buchanan novel and definitely not my last!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 15, 2023
Actual rating 4.5.
Let me tell you what I love about @thedaisybee’s novels - it’s that feeling that it’s almost been written just for me, and that I’m totally seen and heard.
Whilst I don’t have a secret life of internet nudity going on (or do I 🧐 ha!), I found Frankie painfully relatable. This book explores our need, as women, for validation of our beauty from the rest of society, and the guilt we feel at being “bad feminists” for caring. I think it will especially hit home with my generation as we see 20somethings (not all obviously!) embracing the body positivity movement and looking far more confident in their skin than we did 10 or 20 years ago. And then we feel tragic for still wanting men to notice us or tell us we’re beautiful. Honestly, Daisy just sees everything so damn clearly!!
But it would also be remiss of me not to mention just how bloody funny Daisy is - so many lines in this book had me giggling to myself and made me warm to Frankie even more. And it is, of course, a beautiful ode to sisterhood and even mothers, god love ‘em and all their faults. And that final page, those words, well, they might just become my positive affirmation ❤️ Another brilliantly insightful and modern read from one of my favs!
Let me tell you what I love about @thedaisybee’s novels - it’s that feeling that it’s almost been written just for me, and that I’m totally seen and heard.
Whilst I don’t have a secret life of internet nudity going on (or do I 🧐 ha!), I found Frankie painfully relatable. This book explores our need, as women, for validation of our beauty from the rest of society, and the guilt we feel at being “bad feminists” for caring. I think it will especially hit home with my generation as we see 20somethings (not all obviously!) embracing the body positivity movement and looking far more confident in their skin than we did 10 or 20 years ago. And then we feel tragic for still wanting men to notice us or tell us we’re beautiful. Honestly, Daisy just sees everything so damn clearly!!
But it would also be remiss of me not to mention just how bloody funny Daisy is - so many lines in this book had me giggling to myself and made me warm to Frankie even more. And it is, of course, a beautiful ode to sisterhood and even mothers, god love ‘em and all their faults. And that final page, those words, well, they might just become my positive affirmation ❤️ Another brilliantly insightful and modern read from one of my favs!
May 12, 2024
Upon reflection maybe a 3.5.
June 8, 2023
DNF
I enjoyed Insatiable and loved Careering so I don’t know what happened here but I read 115 pages and didn’t want to waste any more of my time.
The dialogue between the characters was so cringey and unbelievably unrealistic. The behaviour of the characters was completely unrealistic too. In the 115 pages that I did read, there was multiple moments where I thought to myself “who the fuck would do that?”
It felt miles away from the writing skill shown in her previous two novels.
I will still probably pick up future books from Daisy Buchanan but definitely won’t be spending £16 on a new release hardback like I did with this one.
I enjoyed Insatiable and loved Careering so I don’t know what happened here but I read 115 pages and didn’t want to waste any more of my time.
The dialogue between the characters was so cringey and unbelievably unrealistic. The behaviour of the characters was completely unrealistic too. In the 115 pages that I did read, there was multiple moments where I thought to myself “who the fuck would do that?”
It felt miles away from the writing skill shown in her previous two novels.
I will still probably pick up future books from Daisy Buchanan but definitely won’t be spending £16 on a new release hardback like I did with this one.
March 4, 2024
I really don’t know why I thought ANOTHER book about white feminism would be to my taste. I’m begging on my knees for white feminist authors to please write more intelligent literature that not just a small demographic of women can relate to.
I almost tapped out at Maz throwing a drink at Frankie and Frankie’s response not being immediately headbutting Maz and robbing her house.
I almost tapped out at Maz throwing a drink at Frankie and Frankie’s response not being immediately headbutting Maz and robbing her house.
August 1, 2024
frankie is too fucking old to be acting like that. all the dialogue is so unnatural. the ideas of feminism in this book are ones i learned at 16 years old. the only decent (but not necessarily good) things about this book are
(a) frankie, at the ripe age of 29, realising her mother is actually a human being
(b) taking a jab at the hypocrisy and irony of white feminism thru maz
(a) frankie, at the ripe age of 29, realising her mother is actually a human being
(b) taking a jab at the hypocrisy and irony of white feminism thru maz
December 13, 2024
BORRRRRIIINGG… boring boring boring. A quarter of the way through and nothing happens. What a waste of time. Also, the narration is simple yet all over the place and it didn’t make me want to care. At all. 👍
July 17, 2023
Found the writing quite disjointed and hard to follow, didn't warm to any of the characters. Stilted and unbelievable. Not for me
September 4, 2024
I've enjoyed every one of her novels, but this one felt different, and I liked it more.
June 9, 2023
Actual rating: 4.5 stars
Meet Frankie; after a lifetime of being compared to her beautiful and perfect sister, Frankie has developed a love-hate relationship with being in the spotlight. She craves attention and the feeling of being desired and beautiful, but she feels ashamed of that craving. So, having an online "only fans"-esque account will be totally fine, right? It's her secret, all behind locked doors. But what happens when the whole world knows? How should she feel then?
First off, Frankie is perfection! She's painfully relatable! Even though not every woman feels the desire to the extent Frankie does (or maybe we all have secret online accounts?), this urge to be desired, the validation to be found beautiful, is forced upon women from societies standards and viewpoint. This plays heavily on the guilt we feel of being portrayed as a "bad feminist."
Daisy has captured the essence of this in the most poignant but lighthearted way! She demands our attention and forces us to accept this exploration within ourselves while empowering us to want to be validated for our individual beauty without the shame and stigma society and media thrust upon us.
Limelight is a heartwarming ode to sisterhood, well-meaning (but oftentimes flawed) mothers, and a positive affirmation for us all to live by.
Meet Frankie; after a lifetime of being compared to her beautiful and perfect sister, Frankie has developed a love-hate relationship with being in the spotlight. She craves attention and the feeling of being desired and beautiful, but she feels ashamed of that craving. So, having an online "only fans"-esque account will be totally fine, right? It's her secret, all behind locked doors. But what happens when the whole world knows? How should she feel then?
First off, Frankie is perfection! She's painfully relatable! Even though not every woman feels the desire to the extent Frankie does (or maybe we all have secret online accounts?), this urge to be desired, the validation to be found beautiful, is forced upon women from societies standards and viewpoint. This plays heavily on the guilt we feel of being portrayed as a "bad feminist."
Daisy has captured the essence of this in the most poignant but lighthearted way! She demands our attention and forces us to accept this exploration within ourselves while empowering us to want to be validated for our individual beauty without the shame and stigma society and media thrust upon us.
Limelight is a heartwarming ode to sisterhood, well-meaning (but oftentimes flawed) mothers, and a positive affirmation for us all to live by.
July 16, 2024
Overall, I'm not sure this book was for me. I liked her writing style, and the portrayal of depression and self esteem felt very real to me. However, I think the pacing felt off, and the main character made some odd choices. Parts of the book were traumatic, but I couldn't really get to the point the author was trying to make. 2.5⭐ rounded up to 3.
July 15, 2023
I read Insatiable (LOVED) and Careering (really enjoyed) by this author so I was very excited to read Limelight and it did not disappoint!
I read this in less than 24 hours, I couldn’t put it down! There’s something about messy girls in their 20s that I just love reading about.
I read this in less than 24 hours, I couldn’t put it down! There’s something about messy girls in their 20s that I just love reading about.
August 11, 2023
couldn’t bring myself to finish this, all tell and no show
June 12, 2024
when i said i wanted to get better at dnfing books i don’t like i didn’t mean that it’s all i want to do but man i keep picking up shitty books
November 4, 2024
3.5 stars
Frankie is a bit of an oddball, not overly attractive (according to everyone in this book), not a lot going on career wise and a mother who overly nit picks everything she does. She has a secret though. At night, she has an online presence of the more mature kind. Provocative photos where she looks and feels incredibly sexy are posted online to her fans. She enjoys this persona and secretly adores the attention. But when her sister is diagnosed with breast cancer, Frankie's secret is exposed, to the nation. Her family stop speaking to her, she feels embarrassed and alone. Can she turn things around?
I adore Daisy Buchanan's books and writing and am now all caught up with her novels. I have to say, this was my least favourite. The way people treated Frankie and spoke to her, plus the way she felt about herself was unrealistic and nasty - it wound me up. I'm really tall and I'd hope people don't speak about me the way they did Frankie, as if she was some grotesque character. Constantly telling her she didn't look like her pictures and that she'd need a lot of work etc - it really left a bitter taste in my mouth. This was obviously to help Frankie become a bit of a f**k it girl and love herself and encourage others to be empowered but I just found it a little insulting to be honest. Frankie herself made some immature and questionable decisions which made this feel a little unrealistic.
I did however, really enjoy the family relationships and how it ended left me feeling warm and fuzzy inside.
Frankie is a bit of an oddball, not overly attractive (according to everyone in this book), not a lot going on career wise and a mother who overly nit picks everything she does. She has a secret though. At night, she has an online presence of the more mature kind. Provocative photos where she looks and feels incredibly sexy are posted online to her fans. She enjoys this persona and secretly adores the attention. But when her sister is diagnosed with breast cancer, Frankie's secret is exposed, to the nation. Her family stop speaking to her, she feels embarrassed and alone. Can she turn things around?
I adore Daisy Buchanan's books and writing and am now all caught up with her novels. I have to say, this was my least favourite. The way people treated Frankie and spoke to her, plus the way she felt about herself was unrealistic and nasty - it wound me up. I'm really tall and I'd hope people don't speak about me the way they did Frankie, as if she was some grotesque character. Constantly telling her she didn't look like her pictures and that she'd need a lot of work etc - it really left a bitter taste in my mouth. This was obviously to help Frankie become a bit of a f**k it girl and love herself and encourage others to be empowered but I just found it a little insulting to be honest. Frankie herself made some immature and questionable decisions which made this feel a little unrealistic.
I did however, really enjoy the family relationships and how it ended left me feeling warm and fuzzy inside.
August 4, 2024
“I make a wish for women like me. For everyone who has felt ashamed of their bodies, and ashamed of that shame.
For everyone who has ever felt like the weird one. The ugly one. The worst one. For everyone who fears this means they are less loved. For everyone who has found themselves in dark and desperate places while searching for self-worth.
For everyone who has ever felt beauty is binary, a mandatory test with a 100 per cent pass mark, and every day is a failure. I wish for us to forgive ourselves.
May we let go. May we stop hoping and waiting to be worthy of placement on someone else's pedestal. May we pay less attention to fixing our own perceived flaws, and more attention to life itself. Let us stop waiting for someone to tell us we are good enough to start living.
May we all find the courage to live in our skin, and in the light.”
For everyone who has ever felt like the weird one. The ugly one. The worst one. For everyone who fears this means they are less loved. For everyone who has found themselves in dark and desperate places while searching for self-worth.
For everyone who has ever felt beauty is binary, a mandatory test with a 100 per cent pass mark, and every day is a failure. I wish for us to forgive ourselves.
May we let go. May we stop hoping and waiting to be worthy of placement on someone else's pedestal. May we pay less attention to fixing our own perceived flaws, and more attention to life itself. Let us stop waiting for someone to tell us we are good enough to start living.
May we all find the courage to live in our skin, and in the light.”
January 28, 2025
3.5.
Didn���t quite hit the spot the way insatiable did, but it was a pleasant enough read!! The writing was easy and flowed nicely, and there was some real gem moments.
Sadly, I just couldn’t relate to Frankie too much. I felt there was a lack of self-awareness (despite her being overly aware of herself?) and I just found myself bashing my head against the wall most of the time waiting for her to stand up for herself and make smarter decision. But I also have a lot of sympathy and understanding for her!! (Maybe I’m just a hypocrite)
Didn���t quite hit the spot the way insatiable did, but it was a pleasant enough read!! The writing was easy and flowed nicely, and there was some real gem moments.
Sadly, I just couldn’t relate to Frankie too much. I felt there was a lack of self-awareness (despite her being overly aware of herself?) and I just found myself bashing my head against the wall most of the time waiting for her to stand up for herself and make smarter decision. But I also have a lot of sympathy and understanding for her!! (Maybe I’m just a hypocrite)
February 27, 2024
4.5 stars
Idk why this book has been rated so low
I loved it. Yeah, it wrapped up pretty quickly, and solved trauma very fast, but the journey and message was more important. Maybe I enjoyed it more because I related to the character. I'm also 29, a university dropout and want to be beautiful lol
Idk why this book has been rated so low
I loved it. Yeah, it wrapped up pretty quickly, and solved trauma very fast, but the journey and message was more important. Maybe I enjoyed it more because I related to the character. I'm also 29, a university dropout and want to be beautiful lol
March 29, 2024
My god ! I had such high hopes !
The feminist ‘message’ in this was so starter for 10. The story seemed so unimaginative sadly, would maybe be good for newbie feminists ? But even then.. soz Daisy I’m sure you’re an absolute superstar but this just didn’t do it for me
The feminist ‘message’ in this was so starter for 10. The story seemed so unimaginative sadly, would maybe be good for newbie feminists ? But even then.. soz Daisy I’m sure you’re an absolute superstar but this just didn’t do it for me
August 27, 2024
Two stars might be a bit harsh as I liked the sisterhood theme but everything else felt slightly incomplete. Especially the character development. Not sure it quite did what it wanted to do in terms of being a piece of feminist literature.
January 28, 2024
vacuous shrieking dreck.
March 11, 2024
4/5
I went to Waterstones on my lunch break wanting to read something quite different to what I’d usually go for. I got lucky! I really enjoyed this book.
It seems to have been panned on here but I thought it was a fun, easy read with some lovely lines in it too.
The heartbreaking thing was reading page upon page dedicated to the main character’s thoughts on how they look. If she cared less she’d have been so much happier but this never seemed to be an option for her. She was welded to the idea that looking good would lead to feeling good, but to look good in her own eyes would mean changing bodies. It was very sad in both senses of the word.
I went to Waterstones on my lunch break wanting to read something quite different to what I’d usually go for. I got lucky! I really enjoyed this book.
It seems to have been panned on here but I thought it was a fun, easy read with some lovely lines in it too.
The heartbreaking thing was reading page upon page dedicated to the main character’s thoughts on how they look. If she cared less she’d have been so much happier but this never seemed to be an option for her. She was welded to the idea that looking good would lead to feeling good, but to look good in her own eyes would mean changing bodies. It was very sad in both senses of the word.
April 18, 2024
Loved it because I love Daisy, her writing, wit and sex positivity in all her work- I find it so refreshing from the neighbouring books in this genre. This book sadly lost me on the narrative itself, gripped me enough to finish and loved some of the over arching themes it touched on but wasn’t as delicious as the last 2!
May 15, 2023
Daisy Buchanan quickly gained a reputation in her first two novels for capturing the hopelessness and directionlessness of millennial women alongside frank, raw depictions of female sexual desire.
She sticks to her tried and tested formula in her third novel, Limelight, which follows main character Frankie as she battles with her self-esteem, a dead-end job and living in the shade of her allegedly perfect sister Bean.
But Frankie has a secret - a risque outlet to channel her frustrations and desires.
On an Only Fans-esque online forum she uploads risque photos to a small fandom of strangers.
But when Bean gets diagnosed with cancer and their meddling mother Alison launches a nationwide fundraiser, Frankie’s secret is exposed.
She gets taken under the wing of feminist icon Maz Clarke, but things quickly take a dark and seedy turn at a photoshoot for a national newspaper.
What follows was no doubt intended as an empowering exploration of shame, sexuality and sisterhood in the modern world.
Except none of the conversations between any of the characters are believable and Frankie is neither likeable or interesting enough to engage the reader through 365 pages.
I say Bean is only “allegedly” perfect as we are supposed to believe she’s a wonder woman through Frankie’s constant saccharine descriptions without any proof (other than the fact she is slim, wears expensive Jo Malone perfume and lives in a Clapham townhouse).
The novel could have worked if it had focused on Bean’s cancer plotline and how the sisters navigated its trauma and complications.
But too much is thrown in - including a bizarre interaction with Frankie’s awful ex-boyfriend with little context or depth - to make anything stick.
Buchanan may be trying to depict the chaos of being a young woman, but in doing so creates a chaotic novel.
She sticks to her tried and tested formula in her third novel, Limelight, which follows main character Frankie as she battles with her self-esteem, a dead-end job and living in the shade of her allegedly perfect sister Bean.
But Frankie has a secret - a risque outlet to channel her frustrations and desires.
On an Only Fans-esque online forum she uploads risque photos to a small fandom of strangers.
But when Bean gets diagnosed with cancer and their meddling mother Alison launches a nationwide fundraiser, Frankie’s secret is exposed.
She gets taken under the wing of feminist icon Maz Clarke, but things quickly take a dark and seedy turn at a photoshoot for a national newspaper.
What follows was no doubt intended as an empowering exploration of shame, sexuality and sisterhood in the modern world.
Except none of the conversations between any of the characters are believable and Frankie is neither likeable or interesting enough to engage the reader through 365 pages.
I say Bean is only “allegedly” perfect as we are supposed to believe she’s a wonder woman through Frankie’s constant saccharine descriptions without any proof (other than the fact she is slim, wears expensive Jo Malone perfume and lives in a Clapham townhouse).
The novel could have worked if it had focused on Bean’s cancer plotline and how the sisters navigated its trauma and complications.
But too much is thrown in - including a bizarre interaction with Frankie’s awful ex-boyfriend with little context or depth - to make anything stick.
Buchanan may be trying to depict the chaos of being a young woman, but in doing so creates a chaotic novel.
October 25, 2023
This was a total mess - and not even a hot one. Frankie’s behaviour would have made sense for a young 20-something or teenager, but for a woman approaching her 30s it’s bizarre and irritating. Nobody here acts like a real person, which is forgivable in a comic novel but uncomfortable considering a lot of this book deals with dark, mature topics, including sexual assault. Books like this need to stop treating trauma as a kooky thing that adds spice and maturity to a character, and start tackling this subject matter with the respect and gravity it deserves.
A lot of what Frankie goes through means a lot to most women … except it’s all so slapdash in this book. She learns to love herself so quickly despite a lifetime of trauma and bad parenting; characters change personalities at the drop of a hat, people recover from illnesses efficiently - which for a comic novel or sketch would make sense … but for a novel about hope and mental health, it’s weird, to say the least. Posting nudes online isn’t the self esteem quick-fix this book seems to think, even if it’s women and not men who take the pictures. It can be very dangerous and often does more harm than good - the only way to truly love yourself is to feel it from within.
So much of this book felt rushed; Frankie has potential as a character but most of her fascinating aspects are left unexplored, in favour of ~quirky~ screw ups, clumsiness and a total lack of agency.
A lot of what Frankie goes through means a lot to most women … except it’s all so slapdash in this book. She learns to love herself so quickly despite a lifetime of trauma and bad parenting; characters change personalities at the drop of a hat, people recover from illnesses efficiently - which for a comic novel or sketch would make sense … but for a novel about hope and mental health, it’s weird, to say the least. Posting nudes online isn’t the self esteem quick-fix this book seems to think, even if it’s women and not men who take the pictures. It can be very dangerous and often does more harm than good - the only way to truly love yourself is to feel it from within.
So much of this book felt rushed; Frankie has potential as a character but most of her fascinating aspects are left unexplored, in favour of ~quirky~ screw ups, clumsiness and a total lack of agency.
October 7, 2023
This one was very interesting to me. I have never read a book which deals with the aftermath of childhood emotional parentification before (though it doesn’t specifically name it as that, it is extremely obvious). Frankie’s lack of self esteem and not knowing who she is because she’s squashed her personality and needs to cater to her mother, Alison.
Frankie deals with her pain, insecurities about her looks and life by posing “anonymously” for sexy photos online.
When her sister, Bean, becomes ill with cancer, Alison comes up with a media fundraising plan that puts Frankie in the spotlight and ultimately exposes her secret life.
I thought this was very well written and went much deeper than your average women’s fiction.
I would have gone a 5 star ending on this, but the ending did tie up way too neatly and I did think Alison became unrealistically self aware given how she’d been her whole life.
Frankie deals with her pain, insecurities about her looks and life by posing “anonymously” for sexy photos online.
When her sister, Bean, becomes ill with cancer, Alison comes up with a media fundraising plan that puts Frankie in the spotlight and ultimately exposes her secret life.
I thought this was very well written and went much deeper than your average women’s fiction.
I would have gone a 5 star ending on this, but the ending did tie up way too neatly and I did think Alison became unrealistically self aware given how she’d been her whole life.
August 14, 2023
I really loved this book! The way Daisy writes brings Frankie to life in a way that makes her so relatable!
The need for validation from others, the pain we put ourselves through because we constantly never feel good enough, or slim enough or beautiful enough. How we’re bombarded by slogans telling us to love our bodies, but if we do and we shout about it (or god forbid post about it on social media) we’re made out to be attention seekers, or seen as “easy” or “a slut”, Daisy just gets it! And through Frankie she explores all of this. The good, the bad and the ugly!
A wonderful book about feminism, family and feeling good about yourself! I adored it.
The need for validation from others, the pain we put ourselves through because we constantly never feel good enough, or slim enough or beautiful enough. How we’re bombarded by slogans telling us to love our bodies, but if we do and we shout about it (or god forbid post about it on social media) we’re made out to be attention seekers, or seen as “easy” or “a slut”, Daisy just gets it! And through Frankie she explores all of this. The good, the bad and the ugly!
A wonderful book about feminism, family and feeling good about yourself! I adored it.
December 16, 2024
I very rarely shit on books entirely as I think people shouldn't be torn down for their craft but this was anything but a craft. I don't understand how Buchanan is a published author let alone has more than one book. Terribly written, I'm sure some a level students could do better and the theme was so generic and bland, it gave nothing. At first, I was intrigued by the sex work angle but even that was so awfully done. And then everything tied up neatly at the end with very little recourse or explanation. Terrible. Would give less than one star if I could and I only finished as a hate read.
July 12, 2023
I felt mixed about this book. I really enjoyed the beginning, but it lacked as it went on. Frankie was a likeable character and I love Daisy's previous books. For me this just had too much in it, to many random storylines (Frankie meeting up with an ex and then it never been spoken about again) I feel like she could of focused more on her sisters cancer diagnosis and the trauma and complications. Just not for me!
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