Book Review: Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden

When you first meet Debbie, she seems like any other stay-at-home mother. She has two teenage daughters, a husband, a fairly ordinary suburban life and a popular advice column called Dear Debbie, where she responds to readers’ problems with advice that is so sharp and direct and, at times, downright absurd. Her life seems mundane, almost predictable. But as the story progresses, you realise that Debbie is anything but ordinary.

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Debbie, for lack of a better word, is a vigilante. She cannot stand injustice, particularly when someone she loves is at the receiving end of it. And when she believes someone has been wronged, something within her snaps. She doesn’t believe in waiting for karma to do its job, she would rather deliver justice herself.

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When a gardening magazine where Debbie was supposed to be featured on its cover, suddenly cancels the interview, she finds herself determined to find out what happened, and when she suspects that a neighbour may have sabotaged her opportunity, she decides to settle the score. Her response is so disproportionate that you may find yourself wondering whether Debbie has completely lost her mind. But that’s the thing about Debbie. Her idea of justice rarely follows…

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