Review:
Media Savvy by Jim Schembri
Lothian 2008 ISBN 9780764410252
(Age 12+) Cobey Myles is a model, and having her face and figure
perfect requires
all her waking moments. Taken as a work experience student to a snow
field brings her luck as the interviewer falls and so Cobey must take
her place. She then is put in place to interview the minister who comes
to open a child care centre at the lodge, and so begins her meteoric
rise to stardom. But her inquisitive mind and exceptional intelligence
cause her to rethink things the minister said, and question some of the
things happening around her.
Not your usual crime fiction story, Schembri has his tongue firmly in
his cheek as he recounts the days spent looking in a mirror, preening,
dressing up, talking about tips for dieting and so on, the normal world
for aspiring models. Clue by clue is dropped for the reader and Cobey
to pick up and mesh together as the story draws to a climax.
Although slow to get going, I found this a most enjoyable read, similar
to several others from this author, ..set in an identifiable place with
characters both normal and recognizable, Schembri grounds his stories
in the everyday, with a touch of the exotic, leading the reader on
through his maze of incidental information to a satisfying conclusion
after many plot twists and turns.
Fran Knight
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