I've just gotten the ebook but still waiting on the hard copy!
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What are your thoughts so far?
I don't hate it but I'm not wowed by it either. I find it quite repetitive and dare I say, feeling quite sorry for some of the lads in it. It feels very much like overhearing a conversation in the ladies toilet at 2am of a nightclub but you're completely sober. You're going to empathise with the crying girl in tears over a guy but you know it's probably not all his doing.
I get that it's her perspective and she did write that the events were as she recalled them and she was as guilty as the guys in some of the relationships but... I don't think it's a book I'd re-read and can't imagine how I'd recommend it to someone without sounding like a voyeur.
Maybe it's just the stage of the book I'm at so far. I think we were all eejits in our teens -20s.
Scott is Stephen right?
Anyone willing to share any insights?
So far Im enjoying it. I'm more than halfway through.
Think its pretty honest, doesnt altogether paint her in a good light.
As some one with pretty low self esteem, i can relate to some of the "cool girl" moments.
You can read a sample of on Google books there’s actually a good chunk of it available to read for free .
So far I’m liking it. There is an honesty that I find lacking in a lot of Irish writing. Ireland is such a small place I guess it’s not too easy. Some of the stories have reawakened some past encounters.
I found the rape story very raw to read and while I knew the story from before I definitely felt the panic rising in my chest reading it.
I found the rape story very raw to read and while I knew the story from before I definitely felt the panic rising in my chest reading it.
Yep I think so.
Am I right in saying Stephen was the fella she was with most recently when she was living in Dublin?
Yep - she used refer to him as "my Stephen"
Did she explain why they broke up? It all seemed very sudden at the time
She does in the book bur hadnt previously
Spill pls? Still waiting on mine to come
Don't spill I want to read itSpill pls? Still waiting on mine to come
You could put it under a spoiler
he kissed some one else on a night out, but in reality it was probably never going anywhere, they didnt make eachother happy and wanted different things. He was also flirting with a work colleague which R saw going through his phone. That was the final straw