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A review by sapphistoire
Go Lightly by Brydie Lee-Kennedy
Did not finish book. Stopped at 28%.
I went into this book with such high hopes. I had seen it compared to Sally Rooney (though, admittedly, I haven't read any Sally Rooney) and that part of it was set in Edinburgh during the Fringe (a setting I know well) and I was really excited to read it. What I got, though, was really disappointing.
This follows Ada, a 26-year-old who is struggling to get acting work and living in a two bedroom flat in London. She is juggling a sort-of relationship with fellow actress and Australian Sadie and a text romance with Stuart who messaged her after seeing her Fringe show.
That's about as much as you know when you go into it, and also about as much as I knew at 28% where I DNF-ed. That wasn't my issue though. My issue was that I am 26 - the same age as the main character is meant to be - but everything she said and did was so textbook millennial. The way she talked and acted was as if she was an American at least ten years older than she was meant to be and I really could not get past it since so much of the story was making such a big deal of her being in her mid twenties. I tried so hard to look past this and soldier on, but I really was not enjoying it and decided to put it down.
This follows Ada, a 26-year-old who is struggling to get acting work and living in a two bedroom flat in London. She is juggling a sort-of relationship with fellow actress and Australian Sadie and a text romance with Stuart who messaged her after seeing her Fringe show.
That's about as much as you know when you go into it, and also about as much as I knew at 28% where I DNF-ed. That wasn't my issue though. My issue was that I am 26 - the same age as the main character is meant to be - but everything she said and did was so textbook millennial. The way she talked and acted was as if she was an American at least ten years older than she was meant to be and I really could not get past it since so much of the story was making such a big deal of her being in her mid twenties. I tried so hard to look past this and soldier on, but I really was not enjoying it and decided to put it down.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol