At 420 pages in length though, I thought it was probably 50 pages too long. The story unfolds in two timeframes, Before and After and both were compelling. April is the classic 'it girl' with a gaggle of loyal friends, Hannah, Will, Hugh, Ryan and Emily but by the end of the second term, April has been murdered. April is charismatic, rich, confident, intelligent, beautiful and manipulative. But I'm determined to prove I belong." -56When Hannah moves into her accommodation on campus in Pelham College, she's surprised to be sharing a common room with April Clarke-Cliveden. As you may have guessed, I don't always feel like I fit in here. I didn't volunteer to feed underprivileged kids in my gap year or spend my summer digging wells - I spent my summer working in a supermarket. In fact, my dad doesn't even have a degree - he's a builder who left education when he was sixteen. I'm the first person in my family to come here too. "I was the only person in my year at school to apply for Oxford. Later on, we find out more about her humble upbringing: Our protagonist Hannah Jones is an impressive character and we pick up her story on her first day at Oxford. Put it this way, I was definitely conjuring Dead Poets Society vibes as I was reading. Having visited Oxford in 20, I easily fell into the academic student vibe and wished I was among the characters fortunate enough to study there.
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