A review by kba76
Lobsters by Tom Ellen, Lucy Ivison

5.0

Socially awkward is a fitting phrase for this...I couldn't believe some of the stuff that was happening to Sam and Hannah and their friends.
Our groups of almost eighteen year olds are on the cusp of adulthood, and we watch them in their summer before heading off to university. We get the inevitable post-exam analysis; the drunken fumbles; the changing issues around friendships; a growing sense of needing to become independent and the highlights of summer-holiday and festival.
Throughout this I was laughing out loud at so many moments. I was also groaning, cringing and torn between being thankful I am long past that age and desperately wanting to return to that time, where anything seems possible.
I liked the two characters and their somewhat disastrous attempts to get into any kind of romantic situation. What really made this was the splitting between male and female viewpoints.
Can't wait for Freshers now...