Mudflowers

I usually love to read these novels about young people living their messy lives, and overcoming their messy selves.
I really wanted to love Mudflowers but unfortunately, this one didn't quite work for me.

Mudflowers is reminiscent of Sally Rooney novels, but with less depth. The characters felt very bland and too far away from my reality.

I don't go into these books expecting to find them relatable, I know I'm a very lucky person, with a very fortunate and normal life, but I do expect to be interested in them or in the events they are experiencing. I ended up feeling old, wondering all the time about their risky behaviors and where did their parents fail in raising them.

The writing was beautiful though, which made me love pieces of the book, while I hated others (hence the I believe Alex Waterman has a great potencial as a writer and I'm expectant for her second novel.

I would like to thanks Dundurn Press and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.