![]() ![]() Podcasts are surging in popularity this year, and the Facebook and Twitter conversations between Frances and Aled are very realistic, but with teenage conversations and internet language changing monthly - taking a completely different shape within a year - it might be that it's much harder to relate to in the future. It's so relevant to now, that I'm not sure if it's going to be a Zeitgeist, stuck forever as one of the best books of 2016 and forgotten by the generations to come. ![]() The one thing I don't love about this story: I'm worried about is how it'll work in a couple of years time. Getting to read Frances's uncertainty about university was actually reassuring: it doesn't have to be something that everyone does! I nearly put in an application a couple of weeks ago. I really related to this: I chose not to go to university at the end of sixth form, but because of circumstances in my workplace a lot of my colleagues have been recommending that I reconsider. It deals with the fact that people feel pressured to go to university. But that doesn't stop people from assuming that her and Aled are dating, incorrectly presuming his sexuality and cementing societies unavoidable need to romantically link people. The story focuses on her relationships with her friends and her attempts to accept who she is and be herself in every situation, rather than compartmentalising Real Frances with School Frances. If you went to school, you'll have interacted with people of different races and sexualities every day - it's just what happens when you put that many people in an environment together! - so it's illogical to only represent one type of person in such a mixed setting.įrances doesn't have a romance. That's not the case with this book, which is so natural and realistic. Sometimes it feels as though this wide range of diversity is shoehorned in, a way to make the book appeal to a wider range of readers and get better sales. Raine - full name Lorraine Sengupta - is in the middle of an art project for coursework on 'racism against Hindus in Britain'.Daniel's real name is Dae-Sung, but his mother changed it after he was bullied as a child, saying "How about we give you a real English name, huh?". ![]()
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