Freshers
I’m surprised I finished this book to be honest. It’s not really the kind of thing I would normally read.
This is the story of Kit Hannah and his first year at Sheffield University (First Year = Freshman = Fresher if you didn’t know).
The book follows him as he makes friends with Jinty, Adrian, Ben, Simon, Petra and Alex. They do the usual things that young students do, listen to alienated music, go out, get drunk, dance like a fool, take drugs, change haircuts, get pierced and fall in lust with strangers.
The main twist in the plotline is kinda bizarre and (I think) pointless – it’s there just to make you think ‘oh, that’s why’ when you don’t need a why. Of course that might be because of my Psychology background.
I’m deliberately trying to be vague here, so as to not spoil the book.
Anyway, a easy book to read, if deeply flawed in some ways. At the very least the lead character is likeable.
Rating: C