As Young as This

Firstly, this was a great read overall. Sadly the final plot personally left me quite alienated and it felt a bit too cliche, but that’s also what life is like for many women in this day and age. That’s what personally knocks off the 5th star for me, my lack of enjoyment of the final act if you wanna call it that. The entire premise of the book and division by chapter isn’t groundbreaking, yet this still is incredibly fresh to read. The way the author writes is magnificent, and this is coming from someone that normally doesn’t enjoy reading anything else than 3rd person narration. But the „you“ is exactly what sells this, it is the truth that this story and all its themes could one by one be that of any woman we see on the street, even myself. The way she wrote about relationships and emotions, the web with friendships family and romance and the sense of self is a fight we all have. A discovery journey some of us excel at and others don’t. It was refreshing to read about perspectives so different of mine, yet all incredibly female at the core so it’s easy to relate and feel with the main character.