A review by classyklassen
The Idiot by Elif Batuman

3.5

omg what do I even say. I'm not trying to sound braggy but it's pretty rare that a book takes me longer than a week or two to finish but this almost took two entire months😭 it's not even that it was bad, cause I would have dnfed if it was but i was lowkey dreading picking it up cause I was bored but I also really liked it and it was interesting 😭😭 idk😭 this book is about a turkish girl raised in america who goes to harvard to study linguistics and you kinda just follow her throughout her first year. this was a bit of a quirky book but tbh I think it was. a bit too long. the sentences were really short and it reminded it me a lot of sally rooney's writing where the sentences are very clipped and characters are matter-of-fact and make lots of little observations which don't necessarily have a conclusion. not a bad thing but made it a bit annoying to read. maybe 3.5 stars??? I'm not sure. this will definitely fluctuate. would definitely be interested to hear what others have to say!