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Luckiest Girl Alive
Luckiest Girl Alive
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Trisha
Apr 14, 2016 rated it it was ok
I think comparing this book - right on the cover! - to anything Gone Girl related is a huge disservice. It meant I was waiting for this huge twist or this huge reveal that would "shock" me. I was ready to see the long con from our lovely "love to hate" heroine TifAni.

But no. It's important to know - there's no huge twist and there is no devious plot. This is a story about a survival and the cost of surviving. It's not pretty, this act to make it through, and I wish I'd known that THAT was the s ...more
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