A review by lexmcgnns
You Have to Make Your Own Fun Around Here by Frances Macken
5.0
I LOVE IRISH LITERATURE AND I DO NOT SAY THAT OFTEN ENOUGH.
seriously, just the notations of dialect, the Irish way of saying things, makes me feel like I'm back home with my mum in the most nostalgically satisfying way.
this is labelled a coming of age story — and i'll be honest when I say I've very nearly grown-out of coming of ages novels; (i've come of age now and I'm stuck in the trudging despair of adulthood, and a whole new set of problems aaaah) but this was so much more than promised. Yes, it was about coming of age, it was also about the uncertainty of our twenties, great female friendships full of love and hate/jealousy and admiration and codependency and how those kind of fuck you up for a real long time, and FUCKING UP and going home and starting again and wanting more and better and not giving up the dream and I loved it.
There is even a little mystery sub-plot and even that didn't detract from the realism of the novel!!
This book is perfect wow
seriously, just the notations of dialect, the Irish way of saying things, makes me feel like I'm back home with my mum in the most nostalgically satisfying way.
this is labelled a coming of age story — and i'll be honest when I say I've very nearly grown-out of coming of ages novels; (i've come of age now and I'm stuck in the trudging despair of adulthood, and a whole new set of problems aaaah) but this was so much more than promised. Yes, it was about coming of age, it was also about the uncertainty of our twenties, great female friendships full of love and hate/jealousy and admiration and codependency and how those kind of fuck you up for a real long time, and FUCKING UP and going home and starting again and wanting more and better and not giving up the dream and I loved it.
There is even a little mystery sub-plot and even that didn't detract from the realism of the novel!!
This book is perfect wow