REVIEW – LOBSTERS by Tom Ellen & Lucy Ivison

My Review

Lobsters is the first book that Tom and Lucy wrote together and the second that I’ve read of theirs. After reading their latest, Freshers, I wanted another book that had that same effect, the infectious smiling and laughing-out-loud moments, a book that totally brightens your day! 

Hannah and Sam have both finished their exams, the exams that will decide their fate and whether they will go to their desired uni they want. Whilst their worries are on their exams or how much they thye might have messed up History or French, one more pressing matter at hand, the summer of love, the summer where they hope to lose their virginity. Hannah and Sam meet at the end of exams party at her best friend’s, Stella house. Meeting in a bathroom couldn’t be more romantic, they proclaiming their love for hot ribena, later becoming their own love for each other. Hot Ribena Girl (Hannah) and Toilet Boy (Sam) get pulled into different directions, each thinking about each other whilst also thinking about their summer to come.

I adored Hannah and Sam as a couple they are so cute, and I love a couple that enjoy a good cup of hot ribena! Hot Ribena is awesome, I’m in that club and it’s what started their relationship, it couldn’t get more cuter than that. What I love also is that I can imagine that Lucy wrote Hannah’s side and Tom, Sam’s narrative of the novel, giving it that totally honest and realistic approach to the book. Characters like Hannah’s Nan with her crazy and bright outlook on life, almost refreshing to see and Sam’s friend Robin who follows Harry Potter as his philosophy of life. Lobsters has so much to offer and characters that you can totally resonate with. 

I loved this book! I love its realistic and an honest portrayal of teenage life and nothing is sugarcoated at all. Lobsters is teenage life at it’s more awkward and most important too, our turning point from teenage to a young adult. What I also loved was that this book is sex positive, nowadays, sex is such a ‘thing’ in teenage life, all about who have you pulled, oh have you had sex etc. It’s like teenagers have to grow up so quickly now, with the worrying of when or who to lose your virginity too. Sex doesn’t just happen, it’s certainly isn’t like the movies or some books they we compare it too, there is so much more to it, to think about, to know about. I urge teenagers to read this book, working in a school of girls, this is an important as it is funny and romantic book to read. Tom and Lucy have nailed it on their first book. 

Rating – 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟