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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
This book was good but i didn’t feel it had much substance the main character find out who she really was but i felt that it wasn’t developed enough. Very spicy‼️
https://alittlebookshouting.com/2019/12/17/not-a-clean-slate-12-17-19/
In At the Deep End is about Julia, a twenty something sexually frustrated woman living in London. She lives with her friend, Alice and Alice’s boyfriend, Dave. Julia experiments with sex with a girl and realizes she is actually a lesbian. She enters a relationship with Sam, a dominant who wants an open relationship with BDSM qualities. The book examines ideas of what it means to be gay, to be a feminist, what abusive relationships actually look like. There is a lot you can unpack from what is written. I liked Julia and really enjoyed her friends, particularly Dave, Owen, and Alice. Her relationship with her parents was lovely and real. The book was missing something for me that would take it to the next level.
In At the Deep End is about Julia, a twenty something sexually frustrated woman living in London. She lives with her friend, Alice and Alice’s boyfriend, Dave. Julia experiments with sex with a girl and realizes she is actually a lesbian. She enters a relationship with Sam, a dominant who wants an open relationship with BDSM qualities. The book examines ideas of what it means to be gay, to be a feminist, what abusive relationships actually look like. There is a lot you can unpack from what is written. I liked Julia and really enjoyed her friends, particularly Dave, Owen, and Alice. Her relationship with her parents was lovely and real. The book was hard to read because of the abuse and gaslighting and watching her relationships with friends and family suffer.
Tässä oli paikkoja joista pidin kovin ja sitten paikkoja joista en pitänyt. Pidin siitä, että kirja näyttää sen, että toksinen parisuhde ei ole heteromaailman yksinoikeus vaan myös sateenkaarevissa suhteissa on toksisuutta.
emotional
funny
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I listened as an audio book. It had ALL my emotions rattled. I was so angry with Sam through out.
The clear coercion which is portrayed so cleverly made me so angry for Julia.
The clear coercion which is portrayed so cleverly made me so angry for Julia.
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
dark
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I originally picked this book based on a recommendation from a friend, and while I wasn’t too wowed with the synopsis it seemed different to anything I have read in a while. I decided to give it a go based on the pretence that it seemed light hearted, romantic, and funny - three elements that, given the current pandemic, my life could use more of.
I would like to start by saying I utterly despised Sams character from the onset. She manipulates and gaslights Julia and has double standards about many aspects of their relationship. I found myself feeling incredibly angry at the moments she scoffs at Julia for having an opinion or expressing her feelings, or coerces her into things she is not comfortable doing. Despite all of these points however, her character was incredibly well written and I feel she actively portrayed the “sexy but bad for you” partner we have all had at one point in our lives.
On the other hand, I loved Julia - and actually related to her quite a few times as the book went on. New to the lesbian dating scene, Julia is quirky and amusing, but with a new found enthusiasm of a teenager with a crush who is just beginning to taste what true love and lust feel like. As a result of Sams behaviour Julia feels that she requires “curing” of her preference for monogamy in her relationship, and her loss of self esteem as the book went on was evident; the character development throughout was well written and believable, and one of the main reasons for my high rating of this book.
Having been in an abusive relationship, there were parts of this that made me cry. There we also parts that made laugh (where my current partner would look at me as if I had grown a second head because laughing when reading is something I never do). Overall I loved this book, and think all of the characters were incredibly well written. While not my usual type of story, it was refreshing and interesting to read a book based around LGBTQA+ relationships, and I would certainly read more of this authors work in the future.
I would like to start by saying I utterly despised Sams character from the onset. She manipulates and gaslights Julia and has double standards about many aspects of their relationship. I found myself feeling incredibly angry at the moments she scoffs at Julia for having an opinion or expressing her feelings, or coerces her into things she is not comfortable doing. Despite all of these points however, her character was incredibly well written and I feel she actively portrayed the “sexy but bad for you” partner we have all had at one point in our lives.
On the other hand, I loved Julia - and actually related to her quite a few times as the book went on. New to the lesbian dating scene, Julia is quirky and amusing, but with a new found enthusiasm of a teenager with a crush who is just beginning to taste what true love and lust feel like. As a result of Sams behaviour Julia feels that she requires “curing” of her preference for monogamy in her relationship, and her loss of self esteem as the book went on was evident; the character development throughout was well written and believable, and one of the main reasons for my high rating of this book.
Having been in an abusive relationship, there were parts of this that made me cry. There we also parts that made laugh (where my current partner would look at me as if I had grown a second head because laughing when reading is something I never do). Overall I loved this book, and think all of the characters were incredibly well written. While not my usual type of story, it was refreshing and interesting to read a book based around LGBTQA+ relationships, and I would certainly read more of this authors work in the future.