Indyana Schneider
Teoksen 28 Questions: A love story for our times and for all time tekijä
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- Teokset
- 2
- Jäseniä
- 19
- Suosituimmuussija
- #609,294
- Arvio (tähdet)
- 4.0
- Kirja-arvosteluja
- 2
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- 5
The story is told from the first person point of view of Amalia, who leaves Australia to attend Oxford University in the UK to study music. Amalia is a little overawed by it all at first, but soon becomes very close friends with Alex, a fellow Australian who has been at Oxford for longer. The intensity of the friendship is quick and intense. Amalia and Alex feel they can tell each other anything and start to ask each other the big questions. Is this what it takes to fall in love? Both feel their relationship could be romantic, but it’s frustrating for both as they shy away from their feelings the majority of the time. But love isn’t just beautiful, it’s painful, frustrating and confusing especially when you are trying to find your way in the world.
I think my feeling of detachment with the characters stems from the way conversation is written in this novel. It’s written text message or script like, for example:
Me: Hello.
Her: Hi.
The reader can only truly gauge the other characters through Amalia’s interpretation of them. Adding in that Alex is referred to as ‘Her’ throughout adds a layer of ominousness, like Amalia can’t bear to write her name. I felt this way of describing conversation detracted away from the feelings and their intensity of a very close, fraught relationship. The novel does contain big ideas, such as sexuality, career choices, types of love and how superficial many of our conversations with our friends can be. Despite this, it doesn’t come across as preachy or crammed too full of ideas. I think 28 Questions would be excellent on the screen as we could see each character ourselves.
Thanks to Simon & Schuster for the copy of this book. My review is honest.
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