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It's good to be Chloe Wynn Berringer--she has it all--money, privilege, and a ticket to the college of her dreams. Or at least she did until the FBI came knocking on her front door, guns at the ready, and her future went up in smoke. Now her B list celebrity mother is under arrest in a massive college admissions bribery scandal, and Chloe might be the next one facing charges. The public is furious, the headlines are brutal, and the US attorney is out for blood.
As everything she's taken for granted starts to slip away, Chloe must reckon not only with the truth of what happened, but also with the examination of her own guilt. How much did she really know-or guess? Why did her parents think the only way for her to succeed was to cheat? And what does it really mean to be complicit?
Bestselling author Julie Buxbaum takes on the college admissions bribery scandal that rocked the country in this timely tale of the hyper elite and the hyper competitive, and the lengths they go to stay at the top.
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This is the story of Chloe, who thinks herself a good person, but just isn't great at school. So when her famous, well-off parents bribe her way into the college of their choice and get caught, her comfortable life comes apart. I found this really interesting. I had of course heard about the 2019 college admissions scandal and I enjoyed this fictionalised retelling of the events. I think this book serves well enough as an introduction to the thought of (white) privilege, but isn't too substantial apart from that. I found it very entertaining nonetheless. It should come to no surprise that I didn't really like the main character Chloe. Not because shes kind of an idiot (although she really is), but because she chooses not to take responsibility or ask questions when she could. To the secondary characters: I don't see how Levi added anything to the story, except to make Chloe's "before" life more interesting as a love interest. As soon as the conflict hits, he's out of the picture. I would, on the other hand, have wished for Chloe's best friend Shola to have a bigger role. Her life and struggles intrigued me and would have made for a more interesting plot. Isla is okay, but serves mostly as a world explaining device for Chloe. That's a lot of criticism, but I still had a really good time reading this. It kept me engaged and was a quick read.
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It's good to be Chloe Wynn Berringer--she has it all--money, privilege, and a ticket to the college of her dreams. Or at least she did until the FBI came knocking on her front door, guns at the ready, and her future went up in smoke. Now her B list celebrity mother is under arrest in a massive college admissions bribery scandal, and Chloe might be the next one facing charges. The public is furious, the headlines are brutal, and the US attorney is out for blood.
As everything she's taken for granted starts to slip away, Chloe must reckon not only with the truth of what happened, but also with the examination of her own guilt. How much did she really know-or guess? Why did her parents think the only way for her to succeed was to cheat? And what does it really mean to be complicit?
Bestselling author Julie Buxbaum takes on the college admissions bribery scandal that rocked the country in this timely tale of the hyper elite and the hyper competitive, and the lengths they go to stay at the top.
Book Information
Posts
This is the story of Chloe, who thinks herself a good person, but just isn't great at school. So when her famous, well-off parents bribe her way into the college of their choice and get caught, her comfortable life comes apart. I found this really interesting. I had of course heard about the 2019 college admissions scandal and I enjoyed this fictionalised retelling of the events. I think this book serves well enough as an introduction to the thought of (white) privilege, but isn't too substantial apart from that. I found it very entertaining nonetheless. It should come to no surprise that I didn't really like the main character Chloe. Not because shes kind of an idiot (although she really is), but because she chooses not to take responsibility or ask questions when she could. To the secondary characters: I don't see how Levi added anything to the story, except to make Chloe's "before" life more interesting as a love interest. As soon as the conflict hits, he's out of the picture. I would, on the other hand, have wished for Chloe's best friend Shola to have a bigger role. Her life and struggles intrigued me and would have made for a more interesting plot. Isla is okay, but serves mostly as a world explaining device for Chloe. That's a lot of criticism, but I still had a really good time reading this. It kept me engaged and was a quick read.