Stalker Stalked Review

Stalker Stalked
By Lee Matthew Goldberg

Stalker Stalked is a paranoid portrayal of addiction in multiple forms. The main character is like a bad car accident at the side of the road – you know her situation’s ugly, but you keep looking anyway.

Lexi Mazur has no idea how to have a healthy relationship and doesn’t take any responsibility for learning how to break her unhealthy cycle. Her mother abused her. Her erratic behavior drives away boyfriends, whom she then stalks to remain an unwelcome part of their lives. She doesn’t know how to be a friend. She’s a pharmaceutical rep who is hooked on alcohol and the blue beauties she’s supposed to sell to her clients.

Lexi fills the void of her recent breakup by immersing herself into a Real Housewives-type reality show to the point where she believes she’s a part of the show and a BFF of the cast. Just when you think things can’t get weirder, Lexi becomes convinced she’s being stalked. 

Goldberg takes an altered view of reality and carries it to even higher levels of absurdity. If you’re not a reality show fan, Stalker Stalked reinforces your choice. I am a reality show fan and used to write satirical episode summaries on a reality TV show forum. I’ve encountered too many people who take the Real Housewives-type shows too seriously, so Lexi’s obsession with the show Socialites sadly makes sense.

Goldberg’s characterization of Lexi is why this book succeeds. He crashes readers right into Lexi’s rollercoaster life and doesn’t hold back on the twists and turns as the reader tries to figure out what’s real and what’s fake in Lexi’s world.

I read Stalker Stalked in one sitting. Does that make me a stalker, or just someone who appreciates a delightfully absurd trainwreck? I recommend reading the book and seeing how it strikes you. 

Thank you, Blackthorn Book Tours, for providing a copy of the book.