Book review: The Rachel Incident ploughs the horrid awkwardness of adolescence for belly laughs

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Book review: The Rachel Incident ploughs the horrid awkwardness of adolescence for belly laughs
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Cork-born Caroline O’Donoghue’s third novel for adults is genuinely warmhearted and is the kind of laugh-out-loud funny you normally only find in stand-up comedy

Cork-born Caroline O’Donoghue’s third novel for adults explores similar territory to that of Sally Rooney’s Conversations with Friends. In both books, the main protagonist is a self-obsessed university student who develops a complicated relationship with an older couple. O’Donoghue, however, ploughs a far funnier furrow that playfully navigates the traumatic tightrope between adolescence and adulthood with belly laughs aplenty.

In 2021, 31-year-old Rachel Murray is a successful Irish journalist living in London, happily married with ...

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