Writers & Lovers
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3.5 • 4 Ratings
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- £7.99
Publisher Description
The New York Times Bestseller
‘A novel with the broad embrace of a 1990s Richard Curtis film’ – The Sunday Times
‘Witty and affecting, Writers & Lovers explores where grit can get you, even when everything appears to be falling apart’ – i newspaper
‘Captivating’ – Madeline Miller, author of Circe
‘Funny and immensely clever’ – Tessa Hadley, author of Free Love
Casey is lost. She is mourning the death of her mother, the novel she has been writing for six years isn’t going anywhere, and her debt is soaring. Surely at thirty-one, when all her friends are getting married and having kids, she is too old for things to be this way.
Then she meets Silas. He is kind, handsome, interested. But only a few weeks later, Oscar – older, fascinating, complicated – walks into her life, his two boys in tow. Suddenly Casey finds herself at the point of a love triangle, torn between two very different futures . . .
Funny and heartbreaking, Writers & Lovers is Lily King's bitingly clever modern classic.
‘Exquisite . . . A warm and buoyant romance’ – The Sunday Telegraph
‘Delightful . . . Warm, funny and sharply observed’ – Daily Mail
‘Infused with tenderness and wry wit’ – The Irish Times
‘Romantic and funny . . . Wonderfully life-affirming’ – Daily Express
Customer Reviews
*Process*
*3.5 Stars**
Casey is a writer to be, trouble is she has been writing her novel for the last six years.
She is mourning the recent death of her mother and a relationship that floored her and feels stuck. To help tackle her huge debts she works as a waitress by night and by day she starts to tackle her writing. It’s not all plain sailing as she hands over her draft to her agent/editor friend. She makes the necessary changes and starts the arduous task of sending it to different agencies as rejection letters after the other start to come through.
In the meantime there are two different men in the equation. She seems to surround herself with a lot of wannabe writers and her world is full of jealousies and competition.
Outside of this are the different health issues she has and the panic she feels to the detriment of herself until she tackles them head on.
She then has to decide what her priority is and make a change and not just sit on the sidelines.
This was quite a good read but did not completely grab my attention, I enjoyed the writing process more.
So personal so universal
If you like stories which make you feel like you are just there watching it all, pick this one. There is a natural balance between facts, feelings, sadness and humour. And if you know a little about writers worlds, wherever they are, you will cheer for the protagonist like if she were you. Also more than romantic interests there is a genuine exposure of real friendship. It is all made very enjoyable by the way it is read. Not too much acting and not too much reading, just right.