A well-written "will they, won't they" love story spanning thirty years. Well worth a read.
This is a love story spanning 30 years and the narrative moves backwards and forwards through the decades. It's told by the two main characters, Melanie and Phil. I thought the author very successfully described the atmosphere and social etiquette of the 1970s. The book is well-written although some of the characters were two-dimensional and I found Melanie extremely irritating. It's a good story but I found some parts too wordy and lost the thread a little bit. On the whole, I enjoyed reading this book and would recommend it to friends.
Happy ever after?
Jumping back and forth between three different times, Still Crazy is a debut novel about life and love and everything in between. The two main characters, Phil and Melanie are in an on and off (sometimes illicit) relationship and they just don’t seem to be able to get their act together. While they appear to be singing from the same hymn sheet, their communication when it comes to commitment is decidedly dodgy. Will they get together? Read Still Crazy and find out!
Still Crazy by R.N.F. Skinner is a wonderful heart warming read which really relates to most people's lives. A story of unrequited love, life at university and how perspectives on life change over time.
Still Crazy by R.N.F. Skinner is a lovely novel based on the relationship of two main characters Melanie and Phil who meet at Cambridge University. The story follows them over several decades as their lives separate and then become entwined again having faced various difficulties along the way. The characters are 'real' in the sense that you believe in them and the choices they make can make you groan out loud or sympathise. There are a lot of laughs contained within these pages, with Phil and his acting alongside his old mates from university. Melanie has some laugh out loud moments too. I found myself willing the two main characters to get together in the end, and then at the end wanted more! A great debut novel by this author, I hope there will be more!