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Exciting Times by Naoise Dolan
2.5
funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This was interesting enough - kind of an adult coming-of-age novel with the protagonist being an Irish woman in her early twenties who has gone to live in Hong Kong. The characters were well-done and believable, as were their dynamics. The ending was ambiguous, but I am not confident that it was so because Dolan wanted it to be ambigous, or because the novel kind of fizzled out. I didn't feel that there was a lot of strong-willed intention in this novel, or that there was a definite 'thing' that the author was trying to achieve. 

I appreciated reading an adult novel with a bi MC though that actually had relationships with men and women throughout.