If we really think about it, all of our life is surrounded by the ghosts the writer talks about in this novel: lovers that suddenly decide to never show up again, memories slowly fading away with age, memories of our childhood that haunt us for how perfect they are in comparison to our current life, the ghosts of friendships that once were and now seem to hold onto nothing more than the past.
My favourite part of the novel, like I said in the beginning is the concept of “ghosts”, and how Alderton chooses to incorporate it in her novel. She was refreshing to read about and her point of view on things was clever and well thought-out. Nina was also the character I liked best in the novel. The book follows Nina, a woman at the beginning of her thirties while she tries to balance relationships, friendships and a difficult family situation. I was really drawn by the premise of the novel and by the concept of “ghosting”, and I was curious to see how it might have turned out in a novel.
Ghosts is the first novel by Dolly Alderton, and I was really glad I had the chance to dive into it. TW: dementia, strained mother/daughter relationship (at times), ghosting. This review will be completely spoiler-free. All opinions, however, are completely my own. There’s no solace to be found in her family, with a mum who’s caught in a baffling mid-life makeover and a beloved dad who is vanishing in slow-motion into dementia.Ī huge thank you to NetGalley and Fig Tree (Penguin General UK) for giving me the chance to read this book as an E-Arc before the release date.
Friendships are fading, ex-boyfriends are moving on and, worse, everyone’s moving to the suburbs. Everywhere she turns, she is reminded of time passing and opportunities dwindling. When she meets Max, a beguiling romantic hero who tells her on date one that he’s going to marry her, it feels like all is going to plan.Ī new relationship couldn’t have come at a better time – her thirties have not been the liberating, uncomplicated experience she was sold. Synopsis (from Goodreads): Nina Dean has arrived at her early thirties as a successful food writer with loving friends and family, plus a new home and neighbourhood. Publishing House: Fig Tree (Penguin General UK)
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