Longlists, 2021 EE British Academy Film Awards". British Academy Film Awards. February 4, 2021. Archived from the original on February 6, 2021 . Retrieved February 4, 2021. I don't know why it never occurs to me to ask for more: to be taken to dinner, or to be given a promise, or at the very least, an explanation of why things aren't working out with his wife. I know exactly what Jolly would say: I know because I've written words to mistresses before. Hundreds of them." One of the most draining things about bad relationships is that you often don't get closure. The intimacy of a lover means that you have to admit that he's usually correct when he points out all your worst flaws and failures. Then you spend years wondering if he wasn't also correct about the rest? Maybe you are crazy, maybe you did throw yourself at him, maybe you did ruin it. You find yourself ruminating for years about what you could've done differently. How much was your fault? The author clearly has an original and engaging style, and the book is helped endlessly by the wit and humour in her writing. While at times Promising Young Women can feel like a writer finding their voice, this is part of the experimental energy of reading a debut author. From what we can see from this particular debut, O’Donoghue’s literary horizons are looking very promising indeed. THE RACHEL INCIDENT - Caroline O'Donoghue's bestselling new novel, a hilarious and heartfelt story of unexpected love - is out now

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So brilliant . . . It couldn't really be more timely . . . Compelling and illuminating . . . I highly recommend it * Dolly Alderton, The High Low Podcast *

This debut shows that Caroline O'Donoghue is one of the brightest stars in the current galaxy of young Irish writers. Promising Young Women is funny, clever, upsetting, fierce and absolutely of its time. A future classic." - Jane Casey a b Scott Mendelson (March 16, 2021). " 'Promising Young Woman' Is The Closest Thing To Box Office Hit This Oscar Season". Forbes . Retrieved February 21, 2023. This year has truly brought to the fiction scene some of the most stunning and powerful female characters. From the extreme – such as My Absolute Darling’s Turtle Alveston – to the proudly millennial – such as Sally Rooney’s characters – there is now an abundance of female leads holding up a mirror to today’s society, reflecting many, often as of yet unarticulated observations and feelings.Ramos, Dino-Ray (December 27, 2020). " 'Promising Young Woman' And 'Pinocchio' Debuts Bring Some Holiday Coin To Specialty Box Office". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved May 31, 2021. Since making its world premiere at Sundance, the film has been getting tons of buzz and acclaim. The story that follows is very much a subversive take on the trope of the young woman/married older man cliché and from the get go we are made aware of how imbalanced their relationship is. An unmoored Jane feels pressured by the skewed power dynamics between her and Clem into continuing their affair. We witness how slowly yet surely Jane's sense of self is eroded by Clem and by her own growing dissociation with her past self.