Look at Me

Another book finished, and to be honest, I am a little stuck with this one. I do not know how to feel with the end result. I am beginning to wonder if I am just not a fan of the beginnings of books because, again, Look at Me started out funky for me.

Look at Me follows the deep inner thinking of Fanny, where we follow for only a year, although it feels like a way shorter period of time, as she becomes friends with a standout married couple where the end result leaves her unsatisfied.

The reason this leaves a funky taste in my mouth is because when I look back at the book as a whole, Fanny spent so much time talking about Nick’s looks alone, literally three pages, whereas everything else blended so well together. It was just such a random thing, to introduce him and go on and on about his sex appeal then just jump to the next thing randomly. I start to wonder if that kind of movement was in other parts of the book so that I can justify my thoughts.

What I do appreciate, though, is that Look at Me tells a hard truth that we all know very well: we want to be noticed; we want to be looked at and have attention, especially from those that we believe are better than us. We want them to take us with them, to have them allow us to join on their daily regime. What happens when that becomes a thing, when it is truly successful, or even a ride on the fail-boat?

I still do not know if I would read it again. I mean, maybe? I want to lean on yes, despite that weird hiccup. I do not know why it bothers me so much, because we all have thought and felt that similar thing: the hot person at work that we hold at God-tier popularity and appeal. I was frickin’ nuts, so maybe this just reminds me of back then and I get embarrassed because I thought like that all the time. I digress. As we can read, this would make a good discussion prompter. Get your own copy here.

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