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I don't have a lot to say about this book, because I am not the audience for it. If you are in your twenties you can maybe relate, but I am well past that, and have no desire to be reminded of the awkwardness of my college years. There's an awful lot of sex going on here, so I have no idea how this might translate to TV, and I doubt I will ever watch it anyway. I'll give it three stars with a "yellow" caution, because I think there IS an audience for this book, and it had a satisfying ending. I
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"Maybe they were just curious to observe the chemistry between two people who, over the course of several years, apparently could not leave one another alone."
Summarized her own book quite well.
It's billed on the back of the book as being about young love, and that's the theme, but it's a much more powerful story of depression and self doubt than anything.
I really liked it. Multidimensional characters. Sharp wit. A fun wade through some of the darkness of the human condition. ...more
Summarized her own book quite well.
It's billed on the back of the book as being about young love, and that's the theme, but it's a much more powerful story of depression and self doubt than anything.
I really liked it. Multidimensional characters. Sharp wit. A fun wade through some of the darkness of the human condition. ...more

This book is rather low-key and not much happens (I'm at the halfway mark). The lilting Irish accents on the audiobook were a treat.
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Really slow read found the characters to be boring and non communicative which I guess was on purpose but they never really solidified as people I'd be interested in reading about
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Kids today. I just don't know.
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