Rich Girl, Poor Girl - Lesley Lokko

Nic, Caryn and Tory: three girls who form a friendship that should last a lifetime. Nic is the daughter of a white Zimbabwean business tycoon. Despite a life of jaw-dropping wealth and privilege, all she really wants is a bit of attention from daddy. Caryn never met her father - but growing up on a tough London sink estate, she had other things to worry about. Like getting out and moving on. Tory just yearns for some space to be herself. Living in the shadow of your dead sister is tough, particularly when she seemed to be everything you're not. Then beautiful, ruthless Estelle McKenzie appears on the scene. Estelle has a secret - and one way or another, she's going to make each woman pay a very high price for it.





Why read? - I have read one of her previous books and really enjoyed it and this one looked just as good.  

This book, was a little disappointing for me.  It started off great about the three girls all from different walks of life, meeting together and becoming friends. It then jumped through time periods following the girls growing up, which was ok, but i wanted to hear more about the girls lives.  It then just started to focus on one girl, Lokko then brought in more characters and this for me is where it started to fall apart.  At this point in the novel it twisted into something completely different and how the other characters affected the story.  For me it made it too complex and focused on a story I really wasn't interested in where the story went more where it started.  

For me this was a disappointing read, started out really promising then just got to complex and boring.