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|title=Student
|author=David Belbin
|borrow=Maybe
|isbn=978-1907869532
|pages=184
|publisher=Five Leaves
|date=September 2012
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|website=http://www.davidbelbin.com
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|summary=''Student'' is an intense novel written in compelling fashion, but I struggled to connect with the unsympathetic characters.
}}
When Allison secured her place in Nottingham University, she thought of it as a way to escape a miserable home life, with an absent father, drunk mother and un-committing boyfriend. She thought university would be a place for intellectual debate, and the creation of loyal friendships and love. However, she quickly realises that student life isn't like those rosy pictures you get on prospectuses. In ''Student'', we see a university experience defined by a trinity of drugs, lust and study, one that changes Allison and everyone around her.
[[My Brother Simple by Marie-Aude Murail]] is a highly recommended life-affirming story, that offers a stark contrast in tone and content to ''Student'' but shares a similar context, being based around sixth form flat-sharers. If you enjoyed the raw and honest portrayal of late adolescence in ''Student'', then you'll love [[Black Rabbit Summer by Kevin Brooks| Black Rabbit Summer]] by the excellent Kevin Brooks. For more tough and uncompromising young adult fiction, [[Sara's Face by Melvin Burgess|Sara's Face]] and [[Nicholas Dane by Melvin Burgess|Nicholas Dane]], both by Melvin Burgess are both worth checking out.
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