PositiveThe Times (UK)Adults is a sharp, funny novel about floundering in a social-media world where everyone else seems to be flying ... The story cuts between the past — childhood, teenage years, scenes from her relationships — and present, but how present Jenny is in her own life is up for debate ... And yes, she is often maddening and does some terrible things. Yet we are shown why — and my heart ached for her. Jenny’s behaviour is extreme, but easy to recognise; we are blessed with so many ways to be in touch, to be ignored, to snoop for new ways to torment ourselves ... Emma Jane Unsworth, who adapted her previous novel, Animals, about an intense, hedonistic female friendship for the big screen, nails the anguish of losing a future and figuring yourself out. Adults is witty, clever and a bit frightening. Unsworth had me rooting for Jenny to like herself.
