The Rotters' Club

I loved the beginning (the first 100 pages maybe), which werefluid and light. Then the endless number of characters caught up with me because not all of them are interesting, truth be told. So I felt dragged through many of their lives.
Maybe it is more relevant if you are from the 50s and relate to the Britain of the time - they were youngsters facing a bit of racism, IRA bombings, Thatcher starting, life without gadgets...

This is an enjoyable read of Britain (specifically Birmingham) in the 1970s through teenagers' eyes. From first love, strikes, riots, racism, class, terrorism, affairs, and music we get to relive those terrible times. It's probably a five-star book, but the last chapter... jeez, it's like 50 pages of stream of consciousness, one single run-on sentence, and it is hard work.