Prabhjot Kaur's Reviews > Sundays: A #LoveOzYA Short Story

'Everything ends. Life is meaningless and relationships are pointless. No-one sticks around and nothing lasts. We're all going to die alone anyway.'

Gabrielle is at a party with her friends Lou, Lara, Cam, Claire and Tommy. Cam and Claire are a couple and have been together for four years and the rest of the group is really invested in their relationship. When they find out that Cam and Claire have mutually broken up, rest of the group feels disoriented. They are all dealing with different things with their own families too so this news comes out of the blue and hits them harder than they ever expected it to.

I couldn't get into the story until halfway through and for a short story this felt too long with not much happening. A group of friends is dealing with changes, not just within the group but within their families as well as soon graduating high school and going to uni. I totally understand the feelings and anxiety of dealing with changes and I liked how the writer was trying to show this but as I couldn't really get into the story until a lot later, I couldn't enjoy it as much as I had wanted to. I also understand finding solace in your friend group and not expecting things to change and when they do even a tiny bit, how it affects everyone involved.

Another problem for me was not being able to connect with the main character and this story is pretty much her inner-thoughts, monologue and inner-struggles. I think if I had been able to connect to her, I would have liked the story better. I liked Lou and I adored Tommy.

And for a story titled Sundays, it actually takes places on a Saturday night going into Sunday. So, I don't know why it was titled, Sundays. May be it was the memories/anxieties associated with Sundays or they were getting brekky early Sunday morning or what but I didn't get it.

2.75 stars