When starting a reading challenge for a book a week, you
soon realise that you don’t have nearly enough books to cover an entire year…
you also realise that you don’t have enough time to visit a local library when
you’re trying to tie in revision and the likes. This is when friends who also
like books become very handy as one good friend kindly lent me her favourite
book;
'Submarine' by Joe Dunthorne
Whilst this book wasn’t massively my cup of tea as it took
me a while to be immersed in the plot and one of the characters I truly
disliked. Once I had started reading it on the train (reading on the train is
fabulous pass time as it allows you to get massively attached before getting to
the interesting bit 2 minutes before your stop) I found myself growing very
fond of the main character and becoming very attached to the witty projection of
his interestingly normal mundane lifestyle. Set in his school years this young
lad endeavours to go all the way in his new relationship and also fix his parents’
marriage after encountering some unexpected circumstances of his mum and
another chap all the while tackling depression in the family.
It’s a very witty book that left me laughing through the
awkward moments and when paired with the film (that really didn’t run alongside
the storyline of the book as such) the witty nature of it and the cleverness
makes it very loveable even though it wasn’t quite to my taste.
On another note though, it was refreshing to read a book
that wasn’t in the clouds with a happy ending and everything falling into
place. Every now and again it’s good and certainly healthy to read something
with somewhat of a realistic vibe that not everything in life works perfectly
but you can certainly make the best of what you do have, if not it’s certainly
a good adventure.
Sometimes, just sometimes, it’s good to get your head out
from under the water and see life for what it really is.
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