Loved itand it's really nice to see it set in the modern world between england and scotland and it very much explores both the themes of gender fluidity and queer relationships
Girl Meets Boy (2007)
Others: Overwhelmingly positive Girl meets boy. It's a story as old as time. But what happens when an old story meets a brand new set of circumstances? Ali Smith's re-mix of Ovid's most joyful metamorphosis is a story about the kind of fluidity that can't be bottled and sold. It is about girls and boys, girls and girls, love and transformation, a story of puns and doubles, reversals and revelations. Funny and fresh, poetic and political, Girl meets boy is a myth of metamorphosis for the modern world.
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Loved itI was not prepared for how much I was going to love it I read it in about 2 hours an hour and a half something like that I just couldn't put it down and I just thought it was brilliant