This book makes me feel so many things.  On one hand it kept me turning the pages to unfold the mystery/story.  On the other hand I found myself regularly having to remind myself to suspend disbelief.  I mean, I get what was happening with Ward and why he was withdrawn but some of the motivations really had me scratching my head.  
I felt that the end of the story got really complicated and murky.  I started to get confused and had to re-read pages to understand what was happening.  I enjoyed the first half very much but the ending seemed not very logical.

This book had decent character development and a fairly solid storyline.  However, the conclusion undermined much of the book and was rather unsatisfying.

It felt like it was still building up to the actual story and then all of a sudden there was a climax and then it ended and then there was a ridiculous last page. Not a fan.

Perfectly Famous is full of potential, with a stellar storyline and strongly written characters. Unfortunately, the finished product didn't live up to that potential. The decisions characters make throughout the book are very confusing and there seems to be no driving force behind them; they just do these things to advance the story, and after a while, that gets old. Even with that bothering me, I really enjoyed this book. Until the end. For me, the ending mostly ruined the book for me. It was such a sudden ending, seemingly out of left field, that I couldn't get past it.

Let me just start by saying this: that ending - WTF?!?!  I am so aggravated by it. It went way out into left field. I hate when I’m left hanging like that. Opened up so many questions! 
The book was good overall. It gave me just enough suspense to keep hanging on. And because I had to know what all of it was leading up to. There are parts that seem to be thrown in for the sake of hitting a certain page count. It wasn’t knockout ‘wow’ but it wasn’t a slow burn and I am so thankful for that. I loved the writing style. The plot was great. I just wanted a little more. Or a little less. I’m not sure which at this point. 
The characters just kind of confused me. Everything they did seemed over the top. I guess overly dramatic is the best word to describe it.

I hate giving reviews for books I didn’t particularly care for, but I can’t honestly say I liked this book. Unfortunately. 

This book had real potential in the beginning. The writing was pretty good and the storyline was intriguing. And then about 2/3 of the way in it was like someone else took over the book. The conversations and actions of the characters were immature (for 40 year olds). And the story just became more and more ridiculous as the pages went on. The best I can give this book is 2 stars.

Shocking that this novel, with so much going on, didn't land with me as I had hoped. It just missed the mark of taking me on the ride I was hoping for.

This book started off great. I was intrigued by Bree and Ward. But the ending came out of nowhere and left me annoyed and confused. It felt rushed and cheap.

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good!
Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2020
Good story with plenty of twists and turns to keep me turning pages. I received an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher and this is my honest opinion.

Perfectly Famous started out strong. The first 2/3 of the book was written compellingly and I had a hard time putting it down. Then it started to drag. Right around 75% finished I almost abandoned it out of boredom. The last section was just one eye roll after another. It was so cheesy. The BIG TWIST at the end was predictable. I wish I had abandoned the book. The last sentence would have ruined the book if there was anything left to ruin.

Plot seems good at first and the characters are sometimes interesting but the more this book continues, the more obvious it becomes that the “thriller” twists are too predictable. The story wasn’t as engaging as I had hoped it to be. It maybe right for many readers but not my favorite. 

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This was a great suspense novel that I read so quickly so I could find out what happens! When award winning author, Ward's, daughter is brutally murdered, her life spins upside down and she refuses to write ever again and goes into hiding. Then she meets Bree, a super fan devoted to finding her. What she discovers are secrets that should remain hidden. I thoroughly enjoyed this one!

DNF. Thank you NetGalley and Publisher for this early copy! I decided to not keep reading this one, it was not for me. Thanks!

I'm still trying to figure out how to review this book because I just didn't "get it".  The plot is that a famous writer, Ward, has tragically lost her daughter to murder and is now a recluse.  Bree, a divorced  journalist with an angsty daughter becomes obsessed with tracking Ward down to tell her story.  I'm not sure I understood why Bree was so into this, and the alternating storytellers really was not done well.  Then the ending was sure a head scratcher.  Not only was it not satisfying, it leaves you wondering if you understood any of the book in the first place.  Very disappointing.

The twists and turns throughout most of the book make it a good read, yet the ending seems at odds with the general flow of narrative and even seems like a sequal may come out of this. When a back-to-work journalist investigates the sudden disappearance of a famous author, suspects emerge from every corner of both women’s lives. Spot-on characters and clever plotting.  Put this on your must read shelf!

Perfectly Famous is a case study in a psychological thriller/domestic noir/ romance/mystery that has too many ingredients and no restraint.  I was enjoying the first third, before the premise began to go off the rails. Liebert kept me reading until the end.  The ending that I wished I hadn’t read.  This could have been a really good novel, It’s written by a powerhouse author, but I had to reduce my rating because of the ending. No way that was logical.

So I started out this novel not really seeing where the story was going to go given the 2 very different lives of the protagonists, Bree and Ward. Bree a 40 something, recent divorcee who finds herself trying to start life over again after a failed marriage, and Ward, a reclusive best selling author who up and vanished from public life after a brutal assault killed her only daughter. Looking at the two of them, it was hard to see a connection. In the middle, I thought I had figured out the story. Bree accepts a new job for the local newspaper, and after she gets her feet wet on a few basic articles, she decides she wants to write an expose article trying to find out what really happened to Ward, and where is she? But with Ward’s daughter’s killer still on the loose, this may end up being a dangerous assignment. And then at the end the story gets blown up again with a last minute surprise in the last 2-3 pages. So, the story does a good job of keeping things interesting. I myself did smell a rat early on in the story, and wasn’t surprised to see the evolution of the villain. The ending was a stunner, that left me wondering if there will be a follow up for Bree and Ward? Is there more to their story? Sequel? Maybe. Review posted to Goodreads, Litsy, Facebook, Amazon, and LibraryThing.

I had been looking forward to this and thought it was going to be the perfect title to pull me out of my reading funk, boy was I wrong. I was disappointed in this one from start to finish.

Perfectly Famous
By Emily Liebert

What a fun thriller read that hooked me until the very end with a twist I never saw coming at all. The story is about Ward DeFleur a famous writer in Connecticut whose perfectly famous life comes to a screeching halt when her teenage daughter Stevie was brutally murdered. Ward went into seclusion and never wrote again. 

Bree Bennett an ex-journalist turned housewife raising her teenage daughter Chloe starts to obsess over her favorite author gets into the mix of this thrilling story. oh and the killer is still out there murder unsolved. 

I thought the writing was amazing and really kept a great pace. The killer ending threw me for a loop but overall this was a highly enjoyable read that you will be able to read in an afternoon.

A little disappointed in this one. Had promise but kind of fell apart by the end with complete nonsense.