A review by jenvile
Adulting 101 by Lisa Henry
3.0
This was literally like watching a train wreck unfold right in front of your very eyes but you couldn’t look away. The amount of times I said “Jesus Fucking Christ” is crazy.
These characters are not perfect, or hot, or super sexy or filthy rich billboard handsome. These guys are awkward, sometimes quite stupid, inexperienced and they often make the dumbest decisions. But that’s part of trying to be an adult and honestly, part of its charm. I related so much to these idiots.
This story is totally awkward but totally relatable. Too relatable. But even then, it’s a story I don’t often gravitate to because I like to read fiction to escape my own realities. Also, Lisa Henry is amazing at angst, drama and sexual tension which I didn’t get any here (and I understand because it wasn’t the intention!) but it’s something I appreciate from her as a writer because she’s imo, one of the handful who can actually write it so well, without it bordering on being overdramatic. It’s like, real pain and torment you know.
Props to her for changing it up with this one, though I don’t think I’d be re-reading this again tbh.
These characters are not perfect, or hot, or super sexy or filthy rich billboard handsome. These guys are awkward, sometimes quite stupid, inexperienced and they often make the dumbest decisions. But that’s part of trying to be an adult and honestly, part of its charm. I related so much to these idiots.
This story is totally awkward but totally relatable. Too relatable. But even then, it’s a story I don’t often gravitate to because I like to read fiction to escape my own realities. Also, Lisa Henry is amazing at angst, drama and sexual tension which I didn’t get any here (and I understand because it wasn’t the intention!) but it’s something I appreciate from her as a writer because she’s imo, one of the handful who can actually write it so well, without it bordering on being overdramatic. It’s like, real pain and torment you know.
Props to her for changing it up with this one, though I don’t think I’d be re-reading this again tbh.