JULIE CHAN IS DEAD
Liann Zhang
JULIE CHAN IS DEAD is about Julie. Well, it’s about Chloe. Chloe and Julie are twins. Julie works at the local grocery store, subsisting on reality TV and meal breaks. Chloe is an influencer with a massive following, an impressive bank account, and contracts to die for.
One day, she gets a call from her twin Chloe, which worries her. She decides to go over there and see what is going on, only to find Chloe dead on the bathroom floor. There really is only one thing to do. Julie will take over Chloe’s influential life. She will step into her sister’s comped shoes and become a person she’s always hated but secretly wanted to be.
That is not a spoiler. I double-checked.
My Audiobook: “There was once a girl who met a boy. She thought her dreams had come true in him, and in her, he thought he could become a man.”
My brain: “JULIE CHAN IS DEAD!”
My Audiobook: …”and then one day…”
My Brain: “Hey, did you know JULIE CHAN IS DEAD.
I picked up JULIE CHAN IS DEAD, thinking I could add it to my rotation. I was reading GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL LIFE and SAY YOU’LL REMEMBER ME. I thought, felt, I needed a change-up. I was disappointed in GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL LIFE and let down by SAY YOU’LL REMEMBER ME. I needed a palate cleanser, and I needed it fast.
Julie Chan has entered the chat.
Plans are spoiled, but before I know it, I’m 50 pages in, and I’m hooked. I tried to go back to buttholes and belly buttons, but Julie kept calling to me.
So, I put the other two down and read the entirety of JULIE CHAN IS DEAD in one sitting. It was the best time in a long time that I’ve had with a book. It was over before I knew it, and boy, was it too fast.
Can’t wait to read Zhang’s next book!
Thanks to Netgalley and Atria Books for the advanced copy!
JULIE CHAN IS DEAD…⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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