“Acquired in a six-figure pre-empt,” says the back cover. “TV and film rights sold to... the team behind Normal People.” The title has an asterisk, explaining inside the flap that “snowflake” means “sensitive, complicated, intense, flawed”. The first sentence of “about the author” tells us that she is 27. Snowflake is a novel by a young woman who studied English at Trinity about a young woman studying English at Trinity. The narrator’s mental health is fragile, she doesn’t keep up with her classes and she’s given to sexual misadventures that make her feel worse.

Source: The Irish Times May 17, 2021 04:52 UTC