Genuine Fraud
By E. Lockhart
- Release Date: 2017-09-05
- Genre: Coming of Age Fiction for Young Adults
Description
"A brilliant, twisty thriller--I loved it!" —KAREN M. MCMANUS, bestselling author of One of Us is Lying
From the author of We Were Liars, which John Green called "utterly unforgettable," comes a mind-bending, New York Times bestselling thriller told in reverse.
"Compulsively readable." —Entertainment Weekly
"An addictive and shocking feminist thriller." —Lena Dunham
Imogen lives at the Playa Grande Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. She spends her days working out in the hotel gym and telling other guests how she was forced out of Stanford.
But Imogen isn't really Imogen. She's Jule. And she's on the run from something. Or someone. Which means . . . where is the real Imogen?
Rewind: Jule and Imogen are the closest of friends. Obsessed with each other, even. Imogen is an orphan, an heiress; she and Jule spend a summer together in a house on Martha's Vineyard, sharing secrets they'd never reveal to another soul.
But that was months ago. Where is Immie now? And why is Jule using her name?
"You will devour it." —Gayle Forman, bestselling author of If I Stay
“Fans of E. Lockhart’s We Were Liars will love this . . . and definitely won’t see the ending coming.” —HelloGiggles Online
“Tangled secrets, diabolical lies and, ultimately, a mind-blowing outcome are crafted with the plotted precision we expect (and love!) from E. Lockhart.” —Justine Magazine
“Moves at a breakneck speed.” —Marie Claire
“As with E. Lockhart's previous novel, the best-selling "We Were Liars," [readers] will likely finish the last page and flip right back to the beginning to search for clues they missed.” —Chicago Tribune
Don't miss, Family of Liars, the eagerly anticipated prequel to the New York Times Bestselling phenomenon, We Were Liars. Available in May 2022!
Reviews
Everyone else is a little harsh
4By SkinnyblondedemonI think a lot of these reviews are pretty harsh tbh. It’s a good story and it’s not very predictable. If you’re looking for something entertaining and a young adult book that won’t make you cringe then this will exceed your expectations. The only things I could critique is that the wokeness of the book dint seem very ~genuine~ just kind of thrown in to appeal to young audiences and the ending was a bit abrupt. But overall I think it is definitely worth the read.Slow
1By RJ0913I found this book to be very slow and I could not get into it. I barely got half way through before calling it quits. I don’t usually spend $10 on a book and I took a chance on this one, I now see that was not a good choiceNo ending
3By saech0520This book was relatively interesting, but there was literally no ending. I turned the page and saw “acknowledgments” and thought the publishers had left out a handful of chapters. No conclusion, no purpose to the whole thing. Super strange!Perfect
5By amberleymadisonOne of my favorite books by far. Absolutely mesmerizing and intriguing. It’s poetic without trying too hard and just simply written beautifullyOkay
4By camila4904It was really good. I liked it better than we were liarsThe talented Mr. Ripley
1By Chicago doctor seekerThe author thanks the Talented Mr. Ripley at the end, but that hardly seems enough as it is the exact same story except that it's set now with a teenage girl. Disappointing that this blatant plagiarism got published.Thought
1By artabnThis was the new Hillary biography.