![]() ![]() I found that particularly original, having never encountered such a story structure before, and it was interesting to observe how the two characters’ lives and interactions with one another and the people around them progressed from birthday to birthday. It is divided into six different parts-six different birthdays, starting at thirteen and ending at eighteen. Until tragedy strikes and they need one another more than ever. But the older they get, and the more Morgan struggles with her identity, the more distance opens up between them. ![]() It’s told from two alternative POVs: Morgan’s and Eric’s, who are best friends and ready to tackle everything in life together. There is a lot of love in this coming-of-age story-it is not hopeless-but there is also much destruction. Birthday is very different from her debut, so different that I feel a switch was made in the author’s mind or she wanted to tell a heart-breaking story instead of a mainly heart-blossoming one. Three years ago, I read Meredith Russo’s debut – If I Was Your Girl – and I enjoyed it, but I could not have predicted it becoming a bestseller and award-winning novel, because although I found it sweet and meaningful, it was not a page-turner for me. Genres & Themes: Young Adult, Fiction, Transgenderism, Coming of Age, Friendship, Romance, High School, Family ![]()
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