A review by balancinghistorybooks
A Kind of Intimacy by Jenn Ashworth

4.0

A Kind of Intimacy provided my first encounter with Jenn Ashworth's work. As well as being her first novel, this is also the first of my requests which came in at the local library. From the very beginning, Annie's narrative voice felt incredibly authentic; from this alone, the novel is a triumph. The whole has been cleverly written; Ashworth dangles a few carrots for the reader, which make the plot even more intriguing. As a character study, it is fascinating; as a novel, it is compelling and readable. So many unanswered questions come to light, and a definite tension grows palpably. To wrap up this short review, I couldn't stop reading, and the ending wowed me. A Kind of Intimacy is great and climactic, and whilst I didn't quite love it, it is a novel which I would highly recommend to all literary fiction fans.