When you leave Ireland aged 22 to spend your parents’ money, it’s called a gap year. When Ava leaves Ireland aged 22 to make her own money, she’s not sure what to call it, but it involves:– a badly-paid job in Hong Kong, teaching English grammar to rich children;– Julian, who likes to spend money on Ava and lets her move into his guest room;– Edith, who Ava meets while Julian is out of town and actually listens to her when she talks;– money, love, cynicism, unspoken feelings and unlikely connections.Exciting times ensue.
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Exciting Times
von Naoise Dolan
When you leave Ireland aged 22 to spend your parents’ money, it’s called a gap year. When Ava leaves Ireland aged 22 to make her own money, she’s not sure what to call it, but it involves:– a badly-paid job in Hong Kong, teaching English grammar to rich children;– Julian, who likes to spend money on Ava and lets her move into his guest room;– Edith, who Ava meets while Julian is out of town and actually listens to her when she talks;– money, love, cynicism, unspoken feelings and unlikely connections.Exciting times ensue.
Aktuelle Rezensionen(3)
Rezension von coffeedate.with.mea enjoyable read, basically nothing happens but it's nice to tag along
Rezension von miaits not a bad book. not even at all. naoise dolan has an mesmerizing writing stil. but the casual racism? it reminded me that this book is written by an white woman after all.
Rezension von Josephinei don’t think i’ve ever related more to a protagonist than with this book. the amount of times i wanted to scream “that’s me”! i felt very seen. this book very much reflects how many of us are feeling in our early to mid twenties and how flawed we all are. ava is the asshole most of the time, but so is everyone else. i also don’t think i’ve ever annotated a book quite as much as this one.