Loner
Teddy Wayne
2.5/5 Stars
Synopsis from goodreads:
David Federman has never felt appreciated. An academically gifted yet painfully forgettable member of his New Jersey high school class, the withdrawn, mild-mannered freshman arrives at Harvard fully expecting to be embraced by a new tribe of high-achieving peers. Initially, however, his social prospects seem unlikely to change, sentencing him to a lifetime of anonymity.
Then he meets Veronica Morgan Wells. Struck by her beauty, wit, and sophisticated Manhattan upbringing, David becomes instantly infatuated. Determined to win her attention and an invite into her glamorous world, he begins compromising his moral standards for this one, great shot at happiness. But both Veronica and David, it turns out, are not exactly as they seem.
Loner turns the traditional campus novel on its head as it explores ambition, class, and gender politics. It is a stunning and timely literary achievement from one of the rising stars of American fiction.
My Review:
The characters were okay in this book but nothing in the book really stood out as amazing. It was real but it was very different than anything I’ve ever read and I’m honestly still not quite sure what to think of it. The main character is pretty annoying and you couldn’t really connect with the book like I wish you could have. This book was okay, not good and not bad, just okay. The book is from David’s perspective and you see everything through his eyes, which I personally didn’t like. The ending wasn’t as good as it could be but it was okay.
Thank you Netgalley for providing me with a review copy.