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A review by minnaper
The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Kate Fagan
5.0
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing the ARC edition of the book.
I really liked The Three Lives of Cate Kay. It's very ambitious and takes risk with how it's written and structured. The memoir formatting is mixed with multiple extra POVs. Each chapter has different POV. The main character, Annie/Cass/Cate owns about 50% of the chapters, rest are divided with bigger and smaller side characters and even a few one chapter cameos. The story telling is linear but pacing is uneven. All these choices are risks that the debut author has taken. I found the structure and style interesting and enjoyed reading the novel. But the style is not for everyone.
The novel is about love, dreams, secrets, friendship, family drama, toxic relationships and mysteries. There's
There are similarities to Evelyn Hugo in the memoir style and the story telling feels also similar but the story itself is unique.
As a minor spoiler one thought that was constant during the novel: Fu*king Sidney.
I really liked The Three Lives of Cate Kay. It's very ambitious and takes risk with how it's written and structured. The memoir formatting is mixed with multiple extra POVs. Each chapter has different POV. The main character, Annie/Cass/Cate owns about 50% of the chapters, rest are divided with bigger and smaller side characters and even a few one chapter cameos. The story telling is linear but pacing is uneven. All these choices are risks that the debut author has taken. I found the structure and style interesting and enjoyed reading the novel. But the style is not for everyone.
The novel is about love, dreams, secrets, friendship, family drama, toxic relationships and mysteries. There's
There are similarities to Evelyn Hugo in the memoir style and the story telling feels also similar but the story itself is unique.
As a minor spoiler one thought that was constant during the novel: Fu*king Sidney.