Wednesday, 16 June 2021

Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan

 


"We got on well. I enjoyed his money and he enjoyed how easily impressed I was by it"

Dear reader, don’t be fooled by the title, these are somewhat less than ‘exciting times’, nevertheless it will draw your attention. There’s something rather annoying about the protagonist, Ava, mainly her indecision and subservience. She seems almost transparent and only made real by the decisions of her love interests.

 Her job is barely a means to an end and she appears to lack ambition running away from the demands of family, only to submit to the demands of her lovers. There’s a sense that she thinks she is above everything, while hopelessly flailing.

 Will she end up with a rich, cold, banker who provides free housing or an attentive woman who loves her? Guess you’ll have to read it to find out.


4/5 - employs an impressive turn of phrase.

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