Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC!

Beautifully written and told, I think it really captured the feeling of just starting college and being alone. Other than that it didn't stick with me that much story wise.

A very readable yet very unsettling book. First of all, who is The Adult? At first I assumed it was Nora, the older woman who somehow managed to become the object of Natalie's obsession. Calling her The Adult to my mind made the point I felt throughout, that she, much older, should have known better. Yet it is also a "coming of age" novel - so is Natalie more adult at the end than at the beginning? I did not think so.

Fischer kept Nora at such a distance it was hard to understand how compelling Natalie found her. How old was she? What did she look like? Why did she seduce Natalie?

And I also found Natalie bewildering. Her free associations, often described, were quite bizarre. What did she represent for Nora?

In sum, while very readable, these questions interfered with my enjoyment of the book. And the distance Fischer enforced made me wonder if this was a memoir in disguise. ( )

A well written and great coming of age book with a younger/older relationship. Will read more from this author ( )

My kind of book. I love Fischer's writing and the progression of the story. Just a well-rounded thematic coming-of-age story, will definitely be reading anything the author puts out in the future.

Coming of age novel with the typical younger/way older love interest.