
Adulthood Is a Myth
Sarah Andersen
2016 · 110 pages · Contemporary fiction
How it reads
Adulthood Is a Myth is contemporary fiction (autobiographical humor comics, specifically), and its dominant mood is funny. The humour is the point, not garnish. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.
It's set in a big city setting, in the present day, told in the first person by a single narrator. Its central concerns are identity, coming of age and friendship. In weight it's light and escapist — easy to fall into.
It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending resolves happily. At 110 pages it's a single-sitting book. It's a mega-bestseller — the book everyone seems to have read.
Pick it up if…
- you're in the mood for something funny
- you want an escape
- you want a complete story in one book
Maybe not if…
- you need something melancholy, dark or tense
All 15 dimensions
- Genre
- contemporary fiction
- Author gender
- female
- Author experience
- established
- Setting: place
- big city
- Setting: time
- contemporary
- Mood / feeling
- funny
- Pace
- moderate
- Tone / weight
- light and escapist
- Length
- short
- Narrative style
- first person, one narrator
- Publication era
- recent
- Popularity
- mega-bestseller
- Series vs standalone
- standalone
- Themes
- identity, coming of age, friendship
- Ending style
- resolved and happy
What these mean: the 15 dimensions of a book.
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