There wasn't a massive amount to enjoy about this book, but one of the things was the character called Jasmine.
This book is classed as LGBTQ+ because he's questioning his sexuality but even that wasn't explored too much. Maybe because it's been such a stand out year for books that this one will just fall behind. 08 October 2014, EPUB eBook. Plus the divide in social echelon, Steven's fascination not just with Jasmine but with her house and family, sets up an obvious note of Brideshead, which if you place it in the eighties (the backdrop, and the title, come from Charles and Diana's wedding and honeymoon) means you also get a reflected echo of The Line of Beauty. Telling, rather than showing. Are you an author? Does it mean something that, as I was walking out the library door holding Royals, a woman in a mint green dress peppered with dried grass—as if she'd been rolling down a hill—took my arm and said: "Is that you, Lady Di? “Emma Forrest writes books that feel like beautiful bruises, the sort of wounds that you shouldn't press hard on but do anyway because the pain feels so horrible good.
Title: Royals Author: Emma Forrest Genre: Fiction Publisher: Bloomsbury publishing Price: 499 Pages: 336 'Royals' is an engrossing read about broken families and friendships set in the 1980s. It's a tale of giddy happiness, crushing lows and, ultimately, the fragility of lives lived too fast. London. It’s beguiling and lovely and dreadful all at once and written with a light touch.A story of two troubled teenagers from different worlds that collide in the 80’s. She’s an heiress, […] She was so well written and was a pure joy to read, yet you could feel this underlying sadness to her. An Anglo-American currently based in London, she recently wrote and directed her feature debut, Untogether. Aaah the 80s. Royals is her best. It's about working out who you are and what you want. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.
This book took me forever to read, and I don’t know if it’s because the whole pandemic/state of the world thing has zapped my desire to read, or if because I just didn’t find it compelling enough to want to read. “Charming, witty and touching, an Eighties Sadly, in this case, she doesn’t have the range to fully flesh out her narrator, the mushrooms are ridiculous, and a rose quartz coffin nearly pushed me over the fucking edge. London, 1981. Royals by Emma Forrest. Maybe because it's been such a stand out year for books that this one will just fall behind. He’s also gay, maybe - he hasn’t decided yet. Plus it’s set in the 80s! When he is beaten by his father on the day of Charles and Diana's wedding, he ends up in hospital, where he meets Jasmine, an heiress who tried to kill herself. But will I remember it? And yet I completely failed to keep up with her subsequent work, possibly because none of it was about someone obsessed with a thinly-veiled Richey Manic. £6.71 Namedropper Emma Forrest.