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When I ordered this book I thought it would be set in America, not sure why, so it was a pleasant surprise to find it was set somewhere even more exotic – Keele :-) and having lived on Campus at Keele I read it with a strong sense of place, which if I am honest I think came from my memories rather than the writing itself. I know the Z sheds, I have walked drunkenly back to Halls from the Union – just the amount of time they spend in the Students Union building, that is a very Keele thing and not typical of the other Universities I have been a part of.
I found William pretentiously irritating, and so self-absorbed, but in a way that felt completely authentic of a second year Uni student – I am not sure if that was intentional but if it isn’t it is an unwitting success. I think I found myself identifying with William and having a crush on Dan.
There are lots of things about the narrative that don’t really “work” - people get majorly upset about things that don’t matter, and then are water off ducks back about pretty big stuff – but then again real people can be like that – and somehow it all got under my skin so I found reading it a visceral experience.
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