Gold Rush, Olivia Petter
Gold Rush follows Rose, a twenty-something year old women working for one of the most powerful PR agencies in the country. It seems she has it all set; she lives a glossy London life surrounded by more A-listers than she can keep track of. But then she meets Milo Jax, a globally adored superstar and, what initially feels like an all-encompassing passionate connection, soon turns into a living nightmare.
I devoured Gold Rush over a hot summer weekend in London. This is a pacy and compelling yet deeply uncomfortable read at times. Petter does a fantastic job of making our protagonist, Rose, feel incredibly real and relatable, despite her unrelatable job and encounters with the rich and famous. Rose’s entire existence unravels rapidly following her brief encounter with Milo Jax.
As a reader, my anger mirrored Rose’s decent into madness, as I clung onto the hope of justice. As a woman, I know this will be a narrative we are all far to familiar with in our own lives, or of those around us. Petter covers the topics of celebrity culture and consent in a brutal yet utterly additive way through Rose’s story, and I know Gold Rush is going to be a book I think about for months to come.
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