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A review by perpetually_reading_
Loner by Georgina Young
3.0
Stars 3.5
Description- Loner is a humorous and heartfelt exploration of new adulthood.
Lona kills her days sneaking into the dark room at her old art school to develop photographs. She kills her nights DJ-ing the roller disco at Planet Skate. She is in inexplicable, debilitating love with a bespectacled, Doctor Who-obsessed former classmate, and in comfortable, platonic love with her best friend Tab. Lona works hard to portray a permanent attitude of cynicism and ennui but will her carefully constructed persona be enough to protect her from the inevitable sorrows and unexpected joys of adult life?
Loner re-examines notions of social isolation experienced by young people, suggesting sometimes our own company can be a choice and not a failing.
I want to start by making it clear that I did not finish this book. I know, I know… who starts a review like that but I wanted to be transparent. I tried so many times to start this novel, I mean… I did receive it as an ARC from NetGalley years ago, but something about Lona didn’t resonate with me and I just couldn’t push through. I would like to try again so day, and when I do will re-review.
Description- Loner is a humorous and heartfelt exploration of new adulthood.
Lona kills her days sneaking into the dark room at her old art school to develop photographs. She kills her nights DJ-ing the roller disco at Planet Skate. She is in inexplicable, debilitating love with a bespectacled, Doctor Who-obsessed former classmate, and in comfortable, platonic love with her best friend Tab. Lona works hard to portray a permanent attitude of cynicism and ennui but will her carefully constructed persona be enough to protect her from the inevitable sorrows and unexpected joys of adult life?
Loner re-examines notions of social isolation experienced by young people, suggesting sometimes our own company can be a choice and not a failing.
I want to start by making it clear that I did not finish this book. I know, I know… who starts a review like that but I wanted to be transparent. I tried so many times to start this novel, I mean… I did receive it as an ARC from NetGalley years ago, but something about Lona didn’t resonate with me and I just couldn’t push through. I would like to try again so day, and when I do will re-review.