Book guide
Starter for Ten
Brian wants quiz-show glory, but university has other lessons in store.
Genre and trope pairingsRomanceFirst loveContemporary RomanceFirst loveContemporary RomanceCollege romanceContemporary RomanceCampus romanceContemporary FictionSelf-discoveryContemporary FictionComing of age
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About Starter for Ten
It is 1985 and Brian Jackson arrives at university determined to make it onto TV’s ultimate general-knowledge quiz. Between class anxiety, awkward romance and the gap between knowledge and wisdom, his first year becomes a painfully funny education in growing up.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Light
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- grief
- death of parent
- misogyny
- racism
- sexism
- sexual content
- violence
- blood
- classism
- alcohol
- vomit
- abortion
- pregnancy
