Hey guys,
Yep that's right, no posts in ages then two at once!! 'English as a second language' was finished about half an hour ago and I'm proud to announce that I'm writing a post on time... ON TIME!
The main character Alex, finds herself stuck in a rut, in her home in New York. At 26, she's stuck in a job that no-one wanted, going after all the wrong men and having zero clue what she wants out of life, she decides that going back into education is the way to go.
Well, 'she decides' is a rather loose description as to what happened, she found herself in an awkward confrontation with her ex who decided to tell that she's off to Oxford University, England and when he scoffs, that she could never get into Oxford, she's determined to 'show him'.
As it stands, she did not get into Oxford, she got into the University of Yorkshire but still he doesn't need to know that ;)
We follow her through her assignments, many, many nights out, crazy house-mates, her friendships with Jason and Toby from her class, and her many run-ins with psycho Suzanne. Not forgetting her day-dreams and casual stalking of her very sexy and intimidating lecturer, Sean.
Alex, Jason and Toby make up a delightful little three-some, who compare thoughts on literature and life between sips of beer in the local pub. That is until Suzanne gets into her head that she fancies Toby and that Toby fancies Alex, hence awkward love triangle.
Toby drunkenly kisses Alex, who decides the best way to deal with it, is to forget it happened, then Toby sleeps with Suzanne and then Alex and then Suzanne again.. Then there is many, many fights and showdowns between the three. I still don't understand Suzanne!
In between, assignments, dissertations, exams and casual stalking, there is a hell of a lot of drinking! I mean, beer, whiskey, gin, wine, anything goes and with drinking comes singing along to ridiculous 80's music.
Alex who believes, there is nothing more to her interactions with Toby comes to a startling realisation at the end of the novel, I think that she likes him!?!?!
The ending is left slightly ambiguous to the reader, correction completely ambiguous. With regards to, what conclusion Alex has actually come to about what she wants from her life, although we know that she's been accepted to do a PhD but as to where her and Toby are going to end up, no definite conclusions.
I liked Alex, Toby, Jason, Cristina and Melanie (the house mates), the characters are nice and pretty hilarious people. Alex makes some comparisons between England and America which are quite interesting and she is a fascinating character. As is Toby, he is a bit of an enigma!
I do recommend this book, it is a bit of a slow starter but once George splits with the Vulture, (you'll know what I mean), the ball really starts rolling!!
Let me know what you think!
Annie xx
Yep that's right, no posts in ages then two at once!! 'English as a second language' was finished about half an hour ago and I'm proud to announce that I'm writing a post on time... ON TIME!
The main character Alex, finds herself stuck in a rut, in her home in New York. At 26, she's stuck in a job that no-one wanted, going after all the wrong men and having zero clue what she wants out of life, she decides that going back into education is the way to go.
Well, 'she decides' is a rather loose description as to what happened, she found herself in an awkward confrontation with her ex who decided to tell that she's off to Oxford University, England and when he scoffs, that she could never get into Oxford, she's determined to 'show him'.
As it stands, she did not get into Oxford, she got into the University of Yorkshire but still he doesn't need to know that ;)
We follow her through her assignments, many, many nights out, crazy house-mates, her friendships with Jason and Toby from her class, and her many run-ins with psycho Suzanne. Not forgetting her day-dreams and casual stalking of her very sexy and intimidating lecturer, Sean.
Alex, Jason and Toby make up a delightful little three-some, who compare thoughts on literature and life between sips of beer in the local pub. That is until Suzanne gets into her head that she fancies Toby and that Toby fancies Alex, hence awkward love triangle.
Toby drunkenly kisses Alex, who decides the best way to deal with it, is to forget it happened, then Toby sleeps with Suzanne and then Alex and then Suzanne again.. Then there is many, many fights and showdowns between the three. I still don't understand Suzanne!
In between, assignments, dissertations, exams and casual stalking, there is a hell of a lot of drinking! I mean, beer, whiskey, gin, wine, anything goes and with drinking comes singing along to ridiculous 80's music.
Alex who believes, there is nothing more to her interactions with Toby comes to a startling realisation at the end of the novel, I think that she likes him!?!?!
The ending is left slightly ambiguous to the reader, correction completely ambiguous. With regards to, what conclusion Alex has actually come to about what she wants from her life, although we know that she's been accepted to do a PhD but as to where her and Toby are going to end up, no definite conclusions.
I liked Alex, Toby, Jason, Cristina and Melanie (the house mates), the characters are nice and pretty hilarious people. Alex makes some comparisons between England and America which are quite interesting and she is a fascinating character. As is Toby, he is a bit of an enigma!
I do recommend this book, it is a bit of a slow starter but once George splits with the Vulture, (you'll know what I mean), the ball really starts rolling!!
Let me know what you think!
Annie xx
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