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A review by jessdekkerreads
The Adult by Bronwyn Fischer
3.0
A coming of age story; discovering what it is to yearn. What it is to long for another. That first queer sexual awakening moment. But also, the complications of an affair, the lies.
there is such promise in Fischer’s writing style. I can tell she’s written poetry before. Her sentences were so delectable, I underlined many. But the story itself, I felt it lacked the emotion I was hoping for. The desire and love these characters had for each other, whether it be the familial, platonic or the romantic, I wanted more feeling. I’ll absolutely be following this author’s future books, and read anything she may write.
Feels like: drinking beer in a crowded bar; cold biting air on your cheeks; that first longing for another; the endless chewing of a caramel; the stillness of that first big snowfall; observing campus life around you; goosebumps and butterflies after that first light touch of possibility;
there is such promise in Fischer’s writing style. I can tell she’s written poetry before. Her sentences were so delectable, I underlined many. But the story itself, I felt it lacked the emotion I was hoping for. The desire and love these characters had for each other, whether it be the familial, platonic or the romantic, I wanted more feeling. I’ll absolutely be following this author’s future books, and read anything she may write.
Feels like: drinking beer in a crowded bar; cold biting air on your cheeks; that first longing for another; the endless chewing of a caramel; the stillness of that first big snowfall; observing campus life around you; goosebumps and butterflies after that first light touch of possibility;