Writers and Lovers by Lily King

“The geese don’t care that I’m crying again. They’re used to it.”

Fiction — five stars. 31-year-old Casey Peabody is a writer. Waiting tables to avoid being pulled under by her debt, recently dumped and unable to finish her novel after six years of work, Casey struggles to cope with the recent death of her mother. When she begins seeing two men at the same time, her life starts falling apart at the seams. 

Writers and Lovers reads like you’re watching Casey’s life from inside her head, unable to do anything when she makes horrible choice after horrible choice. King’s novel feels like a Sally Rooney book if Rooney used punctuation. If you’re like me and love Rooney’s stories, but can’t get past the lack of quotation marks, King’s novel is for you.