Losing Adam | Book Review

Losing Adam

Pages: 224

Author: Adrienne Clarke

                ‘Losing Adam’ by Adrienne Clarke is a story about Adam and Jenny who are from a family who have problems and meet at a school play and we follow their journey until their college life. Everything was going well between Adam and Jenny when all of a sudden Adam starts hearing voices, gets headaches and appears to be paranoid about everything and everybody around him. This puts a strain on their relationship but their love and loyalty for each other are heartwarming.  Jenny cannot see Adam struggling like this and she sees him as a different person from the one she knew earlier and she is very keen on helping him and getting her boyfriend back. Will Jenny be successful in helping Adam?

The plot of the book was very repetitive and slow. The story was dragged all along and there was very little conflict in the story.

The characters of Jenny and Adam seem realistic the struggle they go through during Adam’s illness.  I somehow didn’t like Jenny’s character as she seemed to be a little selfish. We also get to see how Adam’s condition deteriorates due to schizophrenia and how he is coping with it and Jenny really wants to get better and help him.

Overall it was a good book but would have been better if there was more conflict and if it was less repetitive, I would surely recommend it to people who want to read something different than their usual reading.

My Rating: 3/5

Disclaimer: I received a eBook from Xpresso Book Tours for my honest review.