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- Book Review: The Stylistic Stuff
- Book Review: The Substantive Issues
- Comparisons to Salinger and Plath
- Read It Or Skip It?
Marianne and Connell’s romance is reminiscent of an angst-y version of One Day by David Nicholls. Or maybe a sullen Pride and Prejudice, if Mr. Darcy kicked off his relationship with Elizabeth Bennet by using her for sex and Lizzie had a taste for sadomasochism. Rooney borrows some chick flick tropes and places it into a format that appears pointed...
The short version of this is that this book didn’t really resonate with me. In the beginning, it seems kind of like an intellectual version of a chick lit novel which was fine, but as it drags on, it lost me. It focuses too much on superficial concerns, and it seems to have a lack of self-awareness about its inner contradictions. Rooney herself des...
Rooney has drawn comparisons to Salinger and Plath, presumably because they both also wrote angsty books about modern, urban life. But in addition to both being more insightful books, in The Bell Jar and Catcher in the Rye, there’s a genuine and open longing for human connection that lies underneath all the angst and melancholy. Holden and Esther d...
I know this is one of my harsher reviews, but I just didn’t enjoy this book. I understand why others might like it, as it is a very accessible, modern romance about beautiful, smart, worldly people. It appeals to people who’ve been in that type of will-they-or-won’t-they relationship. But for me, it came off as shallow and kind of hypocritical. Plu...
Normal People is a novel by Sally Rooney, published by Faber & Faber in 2018. Rooney is also the author of the novel Conversations With Friends, and the winner of the 2017 Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award. Normal People is set in the author’s native Ireland.
Mar 1, 2024 · “Normal People” by Sally Rooney delicately unravels the intricate tapestry of love, friendship, and the profound connections that define us, set against the backdrop of two young lives entwined by destiny and circumstance.
Feb 1, 2024 · Sally Rooney’s love story about how one person can change another’s life - a simple yet profound realisation that unfolds beautifully. Normal People tells the complicated, awkward love story of two seemingly polar opposites from Sligo. Discover the reading guide here.
Normal People is a novel by Irish author Sally Rooney, published in 2018. The book follows the lives of two young people, Connell and Marianne, from secondary school to their undergraduate years at Trinity College Dublin.
