Why did J.M. love this book?
This book was recommended to me by a fellow writer with excellent taste, so I knew it would be something special.
What sticks with me about this book is that Horton has created a world and feeling that I found enrapturing for reasons I find it hard to put my finger on. The story follows the complicated relationship between two students and a university professor and insightfully examines power, age, and gender dynamics in a way that asks more questions than it answers, all of which was fascinating.
But what really shines about this novel is the way the characters feel absolutely vivid and real and how the sparse dialogue and description (yes it is somewhat reminiscent of Sally Rooney) work to shape a world and a feeling that drew me in completely.
Upon finishing this book, I thought quite highly of it. Now, almost a year later, I can’t…
1 author picked Between You and Me as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
"At once unsettling and totally captivating." - Natasha Sholl
Between You and Me is a riveting portrayal of female friendship, and the frayed boundary between loyalty and desire.
Mari and Elisabeth have been at the centre of each other's lives for years. Close friends since university, they're now drifting through their mid-twenties, working casual jobs and living in run-down share houses. When they meet Jack, a charming academic historian twenty years their senior, they're attracted to the sophisticated, intellectual world in which he seems to move. As the summer gathers heat, Jack is drawn into their lives, and an unconventional…