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Look at Me
Look at Me
Author: Jennifer Egan
At the start of this edgy and ambitiously multilayered novel, a fashion model named Charlotte Swenson emerges from a car accident in her Illinois hometown with her face so badly shattered that it takes eighty titanium screws to reassemble it. She returns to New York still beautiful but oddly unrecognizable, a virtual stranger in the world she on...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780385721356
ISBN-10: 0385721358
Publication Date: 10/8/2002
Pages: 432
Rating:
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 80 ratings
Publisher: Anchor
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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reviewed Look at Me on + 10 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
interesting premise. interesting characters, not all terribly likable, but very interesting. made me think on several different levels. an intriguing read.
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Helpful Score: 4
Very compelling, multi-layered story. My only complaint is that characters are "left hanging" and you are left wondering what has happened to them. Perhaps that was the author's intent, but I would have liked to tie up loose ends.
VivaLaVole avatar reviewed Look at Me on + 119 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Truly a satisfying read ... complex, involving characters ... moving, thoughtful, unsentimental. Highly recommended!!
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Helpful Score: 2
An interesting tale of life after beauty.
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Helpful Score: 2
A surreal novel that takes a look at the value we place on beauty; it's a thriller that's both intellectual and witty.
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mmoc avatar reviewed Look at Me on + 4 more book reviews
This is a small book but an amazing find. Read it! Read it in a September 10, 2001 frame of mind. It is absolutely fascinating and painfully (literally) funny sometimes.


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