The legacy of Dockrill’s young adult writing career is evident in chirpy proses that brims with exclamation marks, superlatives and capitalisations
I Love You I Love You I Love You by Laura Dockrill: A ‘will they, won’t they, tale’, tinged with noughties nostalgia
Dockrill’s novel follows the friendship and tentative romance of Ella and Lowe from their early teens to their mid-thirties. It is a “will they, won’t they, tale”, tinged with noughties nostalgia that draws closely from the author’s personal experience of the “pain and pleasure of first love”. When Lowe compliments Ella’s writing for being “alive”, he is spot on. The legacy of Dockrill’s young adult writing career is evident in chirpy prose that brims with exclamation marks, superlatives and capitalisations.The Racket by Conor Niland: Lonely tennis locker room conveyed with deft touchBut if this is the strength of her writing, it is also a weakness. Dockrill’s instinct to guide and protect her reader manifests as an overworking of metaphor, too much tell and not enough show.
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