Who is Maud Dixon? - Alexandra Andrews Kartoniert (TB)

4,5 StarsWhen I picked up this book I was not sure what I should expect. But I definitely did not expect that I enjoyed it so much.Florence has the desire to be a writer. But she lacks the ideas and maybe even the talent. Her mother always told her that she has to expect more from life. That she even deserves better because she was designed to be great. So Florence is still waiting for those great things to happen when she works as an assistant in a publishing house. But soon we learn that Florence is a bit weird and definitely not an appealing person. After stalking the family of a colleague after a one night stand she gets fired. But her dreams finally seem to come true when she receives a phone call for a new job. The mysterious and very reclusive bestselling author Maud Dixon is looking for an assistant. The offer would raise suspicions in every sane person but not in Florence, who sees finally all the things happening that the universe owes her. When she accompanies Maud to a research trip to Morocco she ends up in a hospital and Maud is missing.Florence is quite a strange girl. It is clear that the author created her not as a person the reader can connect with. She feels hardly any empathy and her moral compass is out of tune. But that made her for me very entertaining. I read thrillers for decades now and I could easily see were the story was heading. But the fun factor outweighed everything.I can totally understand when readers find this book too predictable or too slow. The book takes its time to build up Florence’s and Maud’s characters and their relationship. After the accident in Morocco things speed up a bit but it gets also quite unrealistic. I loved the long build-up. I did see the twists coming and I was not very surprised by the ending. It is a bit over the top but it suited Florence. I was totally engrossed and enjoyed this crazy and twisted and highly unlikely story. Sometimes a book works for you and sometimes it doesn’t. “Who is Maud Dixon” worked very well for me.

In this novel Florence - an aspiring writer - who is currently working as an assistant in a publishing house gets the opportunity of her life! At least that’s what she thinks when she takes on a new job with famous writer Maud Dixon whose identity is not know to the public. But when her new boss decides to go to Morocco for the research of the new Maud Dixon novel she will discover that she is greatly mistaken.I was pleasantly surprised by this! I was really interested in how the story unfolded because especially Maud Dixon seemed pretty weird and suspicious right from the start. And the whole story stays interesting throughout! In my opinion, that was a proper thriller with great twist and an interesting story overall!But please DO NOT read the full description on Goodreads. It spoils quite a big twist. I don’t understand why anyone would decide to put this in the synopsis!Nonetheless, definitely a great story to recommend- even if you get a little spoiler reading the synopsis beforehand!✨ 4/5 stars ✨