Book picks from 2019
I managed to read 51 books in 2019. Here are my recommendations from the 51: My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante Ferrante captures young female friendship in all its inexplicable beauty, in its interdependent on support and jealousy. I have never read a coming of age story that was so relatable. So honest that I felt the need to reach out to my own school friends. The struggle to rise above your circumstances and the self discovery feels universal. To me, the rest of the books in the series don't match up to it. I watched the National Theatre's adaptation into a play and was deeply disappointed but was delighted with the Italian TV show directed by Saverio Constanzo! Milkman by Anna Burns A wonderful read, it's a serious tale of The Troubles but the barely 16yr old girl's troubles are nonetheless all too contemporary and unsettling. It casually highlights the 'us vs them' peppered with witty sarcasm and all kinds of digressions. Characters remain u