oliviaemily 's review for:

Waist Deep by Linea Maja Ernst

4.0

emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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gorgeous writing with so many trailing, compounding subordinate clauses; no assertion is final, every thought tentative and reconsidered. it encapsulates everything the book is really about: twenty-something growing pains, dissatisfaction with the status quo, utopia building but the utter courage it takes to pursue that alternate way of living - and the acquiescence that pursuit commands from everyone around you. it all feels like it’s building up to a crescendo which never really pays off, but it still all felt very sharp and zeitgeisty for the current young adult experience, and i enjoyed spending a long lakeside weekend with this complicated group of uni friends