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Freshers
by Tom Ellen, Lucy Ivison
I wanted to read Freshers as soon as I heard about it as books set at University are pretty rare and I only wish I had more books in this genre when I was starting out to make me feel less apprehensive about going.
This book was brilliant in capturing the confusing and intense experience that is the first term of university. I was a fan of Lucy and Tom’s previous book Lobsters that had such funny, realistic dialogue and this book was even better.
I especially loved Frankie who was a fantastically hilarious character and there is a scene in the book involving her, Phoebe and Negin that is so absolutely laugh-out loud funny I had tears streaming from my eyes. I don’t want to spoil it but I think you will know exactly what bit I am talking about when you get to it. The book deserves five stars for that scene alone! Fiction doesn’t often make me laugh out loud but this book did multiple times.
I loved the strong female friendships that formed in this book and was glad to see that they were prioritised over boyfriends. I think Will’s character was very flawed but the motives for how he acted were very understandable as the pressure of trying to find friends and fit in when you first arrive at university is very strong and could easily push you to feel unable to stand up for yourself. I was pleased with the ending between Will and Phoebe and loved all the side characters that all had their own personalities like Arthur, Rita, Josh and Ed.
Reading this book was like taking a trip down memory lane and reliving my freshers experience and the writing drew me in so well it only took me a few days to finish as I didn’t want tear myself away from these loveable characters by putting it down. Five stars from me!
This book was brilliant in capturing the confusing and intense experience that is the first term of university. I was a fan of Lucy and Tom’s previous book Lobsters that had such funny, realistic dialogue and this book was even better.
I especially loved Frankie who was a fantastically hilarious character and there is a scene in the book involving her, Phoebe and Negin that is so absolutely laugh-out loud funny I had tears streaming from my eyes. I don’t want to spoil it but I think you will know exactly what bit I am talking about when you get to it. The book deserves five stars for that scene alone! Fiction doesn’t often make me laugh out loud but this book did multiple times.
I loved the strong female friendships that formed in this book and was glad to see that they were prioritised over boyfriends. I think Will’s character was very flawed but the motives for how he acted were very understandable as the pressure of trying to find friends and fit in when you first arrive at university is very strong and could easily push you to feel unable to stand up for yourself. I was pleased with the ending between Will and Phoebe and loved all the side characters that all had their own personalities like Arthur, Rita, Josh and Ed.
Reading this book was like taking a trip down memory lane and reliving my freshers experience and the writing drew me in so well it only took me a few days to finish as I didn’t want tear myself away from these loveable characters by putting it down. Five stars from me!