Open Water

I thought it was good writing until I realised the entire book sounds like the most pretentious, annoying, overly serious 20 year old arts student, the kind who can't get a haircut without finding all these “deep meanings”. As soon as I made that connection it was a bit of a slog.

Having said that, you can still find interesting things in a melodramatic 20 year old's diary. He has writing talent, some of the themes he touches on are interesting, and we can all admit to being overly dramatic sometimes.

Apparently this book is also about masculinity but it's not really - apart from the fact that everything is about everything if you squint hard enough.