Sara's Face written by Melvin Burgess (reviewed by Bethany)

Sara's Face by Melvin Burgess is a novel that focuses on a young girl called Sara and her addiction with fame. Sara wants to be famous and not for doing something just for being someone; she wants to be a walking art work. When she meets the superstar Jonathan Heath who has gone through to many surgeries to change his pop star image she feels her dreams will come true. When he takes her under his wing and removes her from the life she once lived in order to prepare her for a surgery things become strange and even more so when Sara starts seeing ghosts.

Melvin Burgess sets this book out as if it the story you are reading is factual and all of this is happening to some poor 17 year old girl. The use of a transcript of a 'video diary' to let the reader know what is going on inside Sara's head during these times gives a more personal touch to the third person narrative used. Although he tries to rope you in and keep you on the edge of your seat I found myself often guessing the next plot twist before it appeared on the page.

Overall this book interestingly explores the impact of fame and pressure one can put on ones self concerning there appearance. Also it explores how people can turn a blind eye towards the suspicious nature of things when their dreams are being handed to them. These themes have the reader thinking long after they turn the final page.