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A review by librar_bee
The Adult by Bronwyn Fischer
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
5 stars. Fischer's prose is lush, vivid, and evolving. Over the course of this book, our protagonist, eighteen-year-old Natalie, comes of age in the liminal space that is one's first year of college. Not quite a child, not quite an adult, but yearning for both equally, Natalie's actions are predicated upon what she believes those around her expect of her.
Through a first love that brings her face-to-face with her queerness, Natalie experiences a sort of poetic journey to the self - one that shatters the illusion of adulthood and encourages her to embrace the present.
This book was absolutely beautiful. At parts tragic and uncomfortable, it brought me back to the days of being eighteen and the looming dread of unknown that cast itself over my life. Fischer so exquisitely put names to these feelings, and over the course of Natalie's story, we truly see the growth in her as well.
Through a first love that brings her face-to-face with her queerness, Natalie experiences a sort of poetic journey to the self - one that shatters the illusion of adulthood and encourages her to embrace the present.
This book was absolutely beautiful. At parts tragic and uncomfortable, it brought me back to the days of being eighteen and the looming dread of unknown that cast itself over my life. Fischer so exquisitely put names to these feelings, and over the course of Natalie's story, we truly see the growth in her as well.