My Friend Anna

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Sex and the City meets Catch Me if You Can in the astonishing true story of Anna Delvey, a young con artist posing as a German heiress in New York City—as told by the former Vanity Fair photo editor who got seduced by her friendship and then scammed out of more than $62,000. New Read Kindle ePUB My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams – kino-fada.fr My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams is a 2019 Gallery Books publication Several weeks ago, this book popped up on my radar by way of Book Riot I seem to be on a true crime kick lately, so I checked the book out from the cloud library Although it hardly lives up to the gushing hype, the story still left me shaking my head, not so much in disbelief that someone would fall for such a scam, but at the unconscionable behavior of people who deliberately set out to con someone In this case, My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams is a 2019 Gallery Books publication Several weeks ago, this book popped up on my radar by way of Book Riot I seem to be on a true crime kick lately, so I checked the book out from the cloud library Although it hardly lives up to the gushing hype, the story still left me shaking my head, not so much in disbelief that someone would fall for such a scam, but at the unconscionable behavior of people who deliberately set out to con someone In this case, I think Anna cased out the group of people in Rachel s orbit and picked her out of the lineup to be her target She read Rachel like a book, I m sorry to say While some may have the urge to roll their eyes at Rachel s gullibility, the sad truth is, anyone, at any given time, in a multitude of ways can fall prey to a con or a scam The...I struggled between two and three stars for this book It was a really hard read, for reasons I ll outline, but at the end of the day, the juiciness of it tips it over into a three star A fast, easy read for summer, at least, even though it genuinely stressed me out and sort of disgusted me.I found myself having an incredibly hard time with the narrator It was, to put it mildly, extremely difficult to have a lot of sympathy for her And this may be because I, too, lived my twenties in NYC, wit I struggled between two and three stars for this book It was a really hard read, for reasons I ll outline, but at the end of the day, the juiciness of it tips it over into a three star A fast, easy read for summer, at least, even though it genuinely stressed me out and sort of disgusted me.I found myself having an incredibly hard time with the narrator It was, to put it mildly, extremely difficult to have a lot of sympathy for her And this may be because I, too, lived my twenties in NYC, with vague connections to celebrities and the mega rich, and that makes me give a lot of side eye to her behavior But,than her behavior, it s her painting of the events that make me think she s learned literally nothing from this experience.Her descriptions o...I ve been chewing on this book for a while Not because I liked it, although I did like it, but because of its unbearable bleakness Look, this book was always bound to be bleak despite the tawdry true crime appeal of Anna Delvey But I truly could not have anticipated ademoralizing or dystopian portrait of youth in the big city in twenty first century Williams world is one where everyone is underpaid and overworked, to the point where people abruptly drop off the map, where dream jobs s I ve been chewing on this book for a while Not because I liked it, although I did like it, but because of its unbearable bleakness Look, this book was always bound to be bleak despite the tawdry true crime appeal of Anna Delvey But I truly could not have anticipated ademoralizing or dystopian portrait of youth in the big city in twenty first century Williams world is one where everyone is underpaid and overworked, to the point where people abruptly drop off the map, where dream jobs still leave you with double digits in your bank account and the appearance of scrappiness and humility matters farthan the possession of them I mean, even before Anna begins paying for everything, Williams spends triple digits on single yoga classes and spa visits I m not so cruel as to judge her for her spending as a young New Yorker, I spend my money on silly things all the time But it s a stark portrait of the specific...This was everything I wanted it to be andRachel took me on a JOURNEY For those who didn t follow the Anna Delvey criminal case, here s the short version Anna Delvey is a 28 year old con artist who moved among the NYC fashion scene and was eventually convicted for fleecing hotels, banks, etc out of over 200K, plus another attempted 1MM Along the way she conned her friend, Rachel, into paying 70K that she didn t have for an all expenses paid vacation to Marrakech It ruined Rachel s This was everything I wanted it to be andRachel took me on a JOURNEY For those who didn t follow the Anna Delvey criminal case, here s the short version Anna Delvey is a 28 year old con artist who moved among the NYC fashion scene and was eventually convicted for fleecing hotels, banks, etc out of over 200K, plus another attempted 1MM Along the way she conned her friend, Rachel, into paying 70K that she didn t have for an all expenses paid vacation to Marrakech It ruined Rachel s life My Friend Anna is Rachel s side of the story, and it is completely engrossing She had a modest job in the photography department at Vanity Fair when she met and was befriended by a mysterious German heiress From there, the bond between the two friends quickly snowballed and become something other I couldn t look away as Anna manipulated Rachel into making one bad decision after another This s...That a person can go through all of this and still be so shallow and vain is incredible in a bad way I couldn t enjoy any of this because Williams is so busy trying appear like a saint People are calling Anna a bad per...Ms Williams was a parasite who leeched onto Anna for her money Women like Ms Williams are called fake friends she s only there for the money Friendship is about sharing and splitting the bills Bottom line friendship is about 50 50 However in Ms Williams case, it was only take, take, and take I don t feel any sympathy for Ms Williams Why should I She knew what she was doing until it backfired Delvey is a feckless and disorganized small timer, closer to a hipster grifter Look who Ms Williams was a parasite who leeched onto Anna for her money Women like Ms Williams are called fake friends she s only there for the money Friendship is about sharing and splitting the bills Bottom line friendship is about 50 50 However in Ms Williams case, it was only take, take, and take I don...It is difficult to rate this book appropriately My first evaluation was 2 stars But then I thought about it enough after finishing to realize that the subject matter focus was better than that rating And that the writing itself was minutia exact and self exposure valid enough to warrant a better level to the book as a whole.Under 300 pages and yet it IS tedious for at least the very middle 100 pages Because what has occurred in Rachel s life is not simpleton in the telling of lavish deta It is difficult to rate this book appropriately My first evaluation was 2 stars But then I thought about it enough after finishing to realize that the subject matter focus was better than that rating And that the writing itself was minutia exact and self exposure valid enough to warrant a better level to the book as a whole.Under 300 pages and yet it IS tedious for at least the very middle 100 pages Because what has occurred in Rachel s life is not simpleton in the telling of lavish detail Make that detail as the rooms alone were over 7,500.00 per night And her friend, Anna of the title, is cultural and social silly putty gone kryptonite to Rachel s particular Lois Lane life and personality I doubt many people will read this book with depth or get through without skimming Maybe those highly influential or fashion aware Or those who love celeb life tales Or the rich haters although they foll...So many conflicting thoughts on this one, but here are my rough thoughts after finishing the audiobook about 5 minutes ago I had a really hard time sympathizing with this narrator She often seemed the picture of privilege and her lack of boundaries is not as interrogated as I would have liked It s not that I think it s fair she was manipulated into putting thousands and thousands onto her credit cards, but she spends a lot of time painting herself as this sweet BFF who just got taken advantag So many conflicting thoughts on this one, but here are my rough thoughts after finishing the audiobook about 5 minutes ago I had a really hard time sympathizing with this narrator She often seemed the picture of privilege and her lack of boundaries is not as interrogated as I would have liked It s not that I think it s fair she was manipulated into putting thousands and thousands onto her credit cards, but she spends a lot of time painting herself as this sweet BFF who just got taken advantage of by the evil mastermind Anna and it rings a bit false Williams was damn near 30 living in NYC surrounded by rich and famous people, but she wasn t aware that a people are full of shit and b people take advantage of others I mean, bless her heart, but has life been so easy she s never had to thin...The real mystery here is how someone managed to keep her job assisting with photoshoots at VF and get a book deal after being scammed by an obvious con artist Anna is supposed to come across as malevolent but she mostly seems like someone who acted like she had money and rode that wave until she couldn t Rachel s story is a lot of padding wrapped around the few months she spent with Anna living it up until Anna couldn t hide her lack of funds and Rachel was shocked shocked, I tell you that The real mystery here is how someone managed to keep her job assisting with photoshoots at VF and get a book deal after being scammed by an obvious con artist Anna is supposed to come across as malevolent but she mostly seems like someone who acted like she had money and rode that wave until she couldn t Rachel s story is a lot of padding wrapped around the few months she spent with Anna living it up until Anna couldn t hide her lack of funds...Maybe going Dutch is a great idea Such a crazy story Loved it And appreciate down to earth friendsI was captivated by this story when I read the Vanity Fair article, so when I saw the author wrote a book, I was in The story is nuts and the events seemed unbelievable as they unfolded I couldn t figure out how the author was going to stretch it into a novel sized book but I quickly learned she interspersed chapters with her own personal story There were moments when that was frustrating because I was super invested in how the Anna Delvey story was unfolding and it felt distracting, but by t I was captivated by this story when I read the Vanity Fair article, so when I saw the author wrote a book, I was in The story is nuts and the events seemed unbelievable as they unfolded I couldn t figure out how the author was going to stretch it into a novel sized book but I quickly learned she interspersed chapters with her own personal story There were moments when that was frustrating because I was super invested in how the Anna Delvey story was unfolding and it felt distracting, but by the end of the book, I was just as interested in Rachel and how she managed this crazy drama Some circumsta...Fascinating story but I found the author a little annoying as sorry for her situation as I was She spent a lot of time setting up that she wasn t that invested in the friendship in the first place lots of things Anna d...

My Friend Anna
  • English
  • 14 February 2018
  • Hardcover
  • 288 pages
  • 1982114096
  • Rachel DeLoache Williams
  • My Friend Anna