![]() ![]() ![]() With some chapters written like a diary and others coming from characters we may presume will be insignificant, this book excellently explores multiple perspectives on one relationship, and has a brilliantly engaging, voyeuristic feel. The Happy Couple explores bisexuality, heartbreak and complex characters without ambiguity or cliche, and consistently shows every character as flawed, with a really brilliant plot designed around a day none of us want to come. It doesn’t matter if they actually want to be with other people, or prefer playing the piano to being with one another, does it? In Naoise Dolan’s new novel following the excellent Exciting Times, she explores LGBTQ+ identity, how our families form us and subversive female characters in the best possible way. ![]() They have been together for a while – the logical next step, surely, is getting married. ![]()
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