Far Out
Khaled Talib
When movie star, Goldie Saint Helen was in a serious accident some college students stopped and pulled her from her burning Lexus. The accident left her in a coma. Before the accident she was angry with her husband, Blake Deco; his dang cat had destroyed her homemade muffins. She has a form of amnesia that leaves her thinking she is someone else. She has taken on the persona of a female detective, Gypsy Rose, from the late 60’s-early 70’s era. She looks like a hippie, dresses like a hippie, and talks like a hippie. She believes she is one of the college students that rescued her. The doctors have told her husband Blake to go along with her. Several things happen that reinforce her belief that she is Gypsy Rose. Someone really is out to get Goldie Saint Helen. Her lawyers see an opportunity to take advantage of her.
This is a sad but funny tale: sad because of the shysters willing to take advantage of anyone and funny…well you will have to read it to find the true humor. The main character is a movie star and very wealthy so of course her lawyers who have conservatorship want to pull every legitimate dollar they can from her plus a lot of dollars that are not legitimate. The plot is filled with lots of action, twists and turns. I enjoyed this tale. The plot is unique and interesting.

Far Out by Khalid Talib was a fun, and exciting read. It was about a woman who didn’t just lose her memory in a car accident, but assumed the personality of someone else. She was an actress and “became” the person in her next movie role. Without spoiling too much, she was incapacitated and there were several parties that wanted to take over her custodianship which came with a large amount of money that made up her net value.

The plot was solid and the characters were well-developed. It keeps the reader’s attention. If I am honest though, I was having a little difficulty, with some of the more exciting plot twists that perhaps went a little further than may happen in reality. It was a good story line, though, and worth reading.

Typically, I can read anything. That being said after several chapters of this book I had to put it away. Aside from feeling as if the author just took random good parts from different other thrillers, then pieced it all together fairly haphazardly...the whole book just felt dull and inorganic. I was excited and expected so much more out of this book. Others have given good reviews but I just cannot give a glowing review to such a dim book. The story could have been amazing, the characters were just so-so, but what killed the whole thing was the rushed writing and unbelievable events.

Not completely my cup of tea, but its not your typical thriller, it's set in Hollywood and this superstar thinks she's a 60s private detective. It's super action packed and I definitely have some people to recommend it to.

hank you Net Galley for the advanced copy of Far Out to be released January 2024. This thriller is actioned packed. I felt like I was watching this on TV with its descriptive action. Blake Deco is married to a movie star Goldie Saint Helen in Hollywood. She is in an automobile crash that causes her to have dissociative amnesia. She thinks she is living in the 60’s and that era takes over her personality throughout a lot of the book which gives the book an added element of humor. The overall theme of the story is the dangers of conservatorship as her lawyers try to take over her millions. This is not your typical thriller but is funny, tense, and action packed all at the same time!

The delusions in this book are what made it original, fun, and exciting. I did get a bit confused in some places as there was so much to follow, but all in all I enjoyed this read despite it not being something I would ordinarily pick up.

GooldieSaint Helen is angry her husbands Cat has ruined all of her muffins and she needs to get away for a few days but unfortunately she has an accident that causes her to have a type of amnesia that makes her believe she is someone else in her case she thinks she’s gypsy rose a female detective in the mid-70s who loves to say far out and wear hippie type close this was a role she was about to do in a movie but unfortunately it’s now is her reality and one her husband Blake has to go along with. When she wrecked her Lexus some college students helped her escape the car that was on fire and in her delusion she thinks one of them is Candace a girl who is hooked up with a cult that is also in Kahoot with the CIA and she is in danger of being in the MK ultra psychedelic program so when Blake takes “gypsy“ to Laguna Beach to get her away from the paparazzi he is shocked to see the college student is there and this is only more proof to gypsy that she is on the right track. As if his wife thinking she is a 70s female detective wasn’t bad enough little do they know but someone is actually out to get Goldie Saint Helen but why and who is it? This book was so much fun I loved Blake and thought he was such a good devoted husband not to mention the lol moments in the 70s references were so great this really was a great idea for Brooke AN a greatly executed plot I loved it and highly recommend it I really enjoyed this book so much I’ve received it from NetGalley and publisher but I am leaving this review voluntarily please forgive any mistakes as I am blind and dictate my review.