Vantage Point, Sara Sligar
Vantage Point, Sara Sligar
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Vantage Point
A Novel

Author: Sara Sligar

Narrator: Adam Ewer, Helen Laser, Jess Nahikian

Unabridged: 12 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/14/2025


Synopsis

This program features multicast narration.

Succession meets Megan Abbott in this seductive, technological suspense about the dramatic downfall of one of America’s most affluent families.

"Terrifying and uncanny.” —Katy Hays, New York Times bestselling author of The Cloisters

The old-money Wieland family has it all—wealth, status, power. They’re also famously cursed.

Clara and her brother, Teddy, grew up on a small island in Maine in the shadow of their parents’ tragic deaths, haunted by rumors and paparazzi. Fourteen years later, they’ve mostly put their turbulent past to rest. Teddy has married Clara’s best friend, Jess, and the three of them have moved back home to take over the sprawling, remote family mansion known as Vantage Point.

Then Teddy decides to run for the Senate—an unnerving prospect made much worse when intimate videos of Clara are leaked online. The most frightening part is that she doesn't remember filming any of them. Are the videos real? Or are they deepfakes? Is someone trying to take down the Wielands once and for all?

Everyone thinks Clara is losing her grasp on reality. But she knows the truth: the videos are only the beginning. Years ago, the curse destroyed her parents. Now, it’s coming for her.

Sara Sligar, the critically acclaimed author of Take Me Apart, returns with a shocking family drama full of suspense. Brimming with palpable tension, Vantage Point carefully unravels a twisted web of family secrets and political ambition that raises questions about the nature of “truth” in our digital age.

A Macmillan Audio production from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

About Sara Sligar

Sara Sligar is an author and academic based in Los Angeles, where she teaches English and creative writing as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Southern California. She holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Pennsylvania and a master’s in History from the University of Cambridge. Her writing has been published in McSweeney’s, Quartz, The Hairpin, and other outlets. Take Me Apart is her first novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by emma on April 29, 2025

i miss succession too much not to read books compared to it this was a fun thriller in the way of ... GASP! PLOT TWIST! UNBELIEVABLE! WHY WOULD HE DO THAT? CAN'T THEY BE NICE TO EACH OTHER? I'VE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF THIS, IS THIS REAL? it was not a good book in the way of feeling like characters were f......more

Goodreads review by Nilufer on February 04, 2025

Well, this is a unique and captivating tech thriller that focuses on deepfake technology and holograms, intertwined with a famous family curse that keeps your attention intact! The story revolves around Clara Wieland and her best friend, who is also her sister-in-law, Jess. Clara and her brother Tedd......more

Goodreads review by Diana on February 20, 2025

Domestic gothic suspense meets dubious technology in VANTAGE POINT, an engrossing mystery surrounding the downfall of an affluent Maine family. Teddy Wieland's run for senate is threatened when compromising videos of his sister Clara are released, and that's just the start of their troubles. She doe......more

Goodreads review by Hillary on August 23, 2024

So, after gaslighting the shit out of her characters, the author decided to cheekily point out that the reader was also being punked (potentially)? Did...was that supposed to be cute?......more

Goodreads review by cady on January 29, 2025

Listen, I can be fun. I can read a deeply unserious book just for kicks and have a good time with it. What I struggle with is unserious books that are marketed as something else. I have to know what I’m getting into! Anyway, Vantage Point is a confusing hodgepodge of ideas, with several promising thr......more


Quotes

"Vantage Point oozes atmosphere and tension—I was seduced by the fabulously wealthy and famously cursed Wieland family and could not stop turning the pages until I learned every last one of their dark, dynastic secrets."
—Jessica Knoll, New York Times bestselling author of Bright Young Women and Luckiest Girl Alive

Vantage Point is a thriller for our times, where politics meets paranoia, and technology turns into terror. Sara Sligar has tapped into our most contemporary fears and turned them into a feast of a story. I devoured this book.”
—Janelle Brown, New York Times-bestselling author of Pretty Things and I’ll Be You

"Vantage Point is a haunting, pitch perfect exploration of paranoia and perception, the ways we craft our identity both publicly and in our own minds, and the fine line between loyalty and complicity, power and control. Sara Sligar is that rare writer whose high concept is matched by faultless prose, rich emotional insight, and a vein of delicious dark humor that bleeds when pressed. This is a novel to devour, then savor. I loved every mind-bending page."
—Katie Gutierrez, author of national bestseller More Than You'll Ever Know

"Vantage Point is a sophisticated suspense novel that’s as thought-provoking as it is unnerving. With her signature seductive prose, Sligar holds up a mirror to the dark side of privilege and the true horrors of being a woman on the internet, crafting a story that feels like shattered glass: brilliant and exquisite, but it will cut you deep.”
—Layne Fargo, author of The Favorites and They Never Learn

“The kind of suspense novel that slithers under your skin—crackling with sharp writing and unforgettable characters. Sara Sligar makes it look easy with Vantage Point, an unforgettable story of family, identity, and how the two intersect—sometimes with deadly results.”
—Alex Segura, bestselling author of Secret Identity and Alter Ego

“Sara Sligar’s new novel is a primal scream, sounding a harrowing alarm about how thin (and deadly) the line between synthetic and real has become. A terrifying and uncanny novel, Vantage Point takes dupes and deep fakes to another level. Even the shrewdest reader will be left off kilter and unable to answer the most simple question: what did I just see?”
—Katy Hays, New York Times-bestselling author of The Cloisters

"Vantage Point is a thoroughly modern Gothic novel that will have you turning its pages at warp speed. Sara Sligar has written a fearsome, sharp novel that is both timeless and culturally relevant and filled with dark delights."
—Ivy Pochoda, author of Sing Her Down