Fiction
Verdict: Read it!
I had read Em and Giant Hoom by Jerry Pinto, so when I saw this at the Bookshop I knew I must read it.
The Education of Yuri is a coming of age book. One of the things that Jerry Pinto is brilliant at is making his characters real and oh-so-relatable, often times in ways that we wish we did not have to. The novel follows Yuri through his adolescence - an experience fraught with insecurity, learning, growing, and general angst that most of us have had.
Watching Yuri wander through friendships, romance, sexual awakening, and eventual separation and adulthood is borderline painful. Because it's so relatable. That being said, Yuri is a likeable guy, even when he feels like an alien or a failure - I was cheering for him. Just give it time, this sucks for everyone. I think that was the point Jerry Pinto was getting at but he did it well. It's not a long or hard read, but I find Pinto to be a talented writer worth your time.
Read it!
~Becky~
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