Evenings and Weekends
A Novel
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Isabel Adomakoh-Young
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Oisín McKenna
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“This is such a love story to cities & people & heartbreaks, death & loss. It's not at all corny, it's smart. But I just finished it & it made me cry.”—Eileen Myles
"Signals the arrival of a novelist sure to resonate with young people who endeavor to make intimate connections."—The Washington Post
"Like the book version of a Richard Curtis film, but with more grit, more bathroom sex and a literal beached whale."—GQ
For fans of Sally Rooney and Torrey Peters, a stunning debut that follows a vibrant multi-generational cast of characters through a London heatwave as their simmering tensions and secrets come to a head over a feverish, life-changing weekend.
Summer in London stops for no one. Not the half-naked drunks and stoners, the bachelorette parties glugging from bejewelled bottles, the drag queens puffing on hurried cigarettes. It’s June 2019, and everyone has converged on the city’s parks, beer gardens, and street corners to revel in the collective joys of being alive.
Everyone but Maggie. She’s 30, pregnant, and broke. Faced with moving back to the town she fought to escape, she’s wondering if having a baby with boyfriend Ed will be the last spontaneous act of her life. Ed, meanwhile, is trying to run from his past with Maggie’s best friend Phil and harboring secret dreams of his own.
Phil hates his office job and is living for the weekend, while falling for his housemate, Keith. But there’s a problem: Keith has a boyfriend and there might not be room for three people in the relationship. Then there’s Rosaleen, Phil’s mother, who’s tired of feeling like a side character in her own life. She’s just been diagnosed with cancer and is travelling to London to tell Phil, if she can ever get hold of him.
As Saturday night approaches, all their lives are set to change forever. Temperatures are soaring and the weekend is about to begin…
Strikingly heartfelt, sexually charged, and disarmingly comic, Oisín McKenna’s debut is a mesmerizing dive into the soul of a city and a searing look at what it takes to build a life there.
©2024 Oisín McKenna (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers
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Global4 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire3 out of 5 stars
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- 28/02/2025
Voices in the City: Evenings & Weekends
There’s something about Evenings & Weekends that feels undeniably London. Not just the setting, but the energy—the messy, exhilarating, sometimes isolating hum of a city that never quite lets you settle. Oisín McKenna captures that feeling with precision, weaving multiple perspectives into a rich, pulsing tapestry of urban life. No small feat, especially for a debut novel!
At its heart, this is a story of people in flux—navigating relationships, careers, identity, and the ever-present question of what comes next? Some characters I immediately connected with, others took more time (or never quite got there), but each added depth to the novel’s mosaic of voices. And speaking of voices—Isabel Adomakoh-Young’s narration is nothing short of stunning. She brings each perspective to life with warmth and nuance, making the audiobook an absolute pleasure to listen to.
The book thrives on contrasts: the intoxicating highs of city life and its crushing lows, fleeting moments of connection and aching loneliness, ambition clashing with reality. It’s modern, it’s messy, and at times, it’s a little too real. But that’s exactly what makes it compelling. That said, the pacing was a bit iffy at times—some sections flowed effortlessly, while others dragged, making it harder to stay fully immersed.
It’s easy to see why Evenings & Weekends has drawn comparisons to Sally Rooney—there’s a similar exploration of millennial struggles and interpersonal dynamics—but in some ways, that comparison does it a disservice. McKenna’s writing has its own rhythm, one more deeply tied to the city itself, and while the characters are often frustratingly adrift, the novel’s strength lies in how vividly it captures their world.
While some storylines resonated more than others, Evenings & Weekends left me with that rare post-read feeling: like I’d just spent time among real people, in a real place, living real lives. If you love character-driven narratives that capture the heart of a city and the complexities of being young, restless, and searching for something more, this one is for you.
(3,5 stars, rounded up to 4)
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