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Oct 09, 2022
Tshepiso
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it was amazing
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Read 2: September 6th, 2023
Revisiting Normal People was such a trip. While I do remember loving and deeply relating to the book the first time I read it this reread was on another level. I have never felt so seen, so understood, so reflected in a book. Reading Normal People, for me, felt like walking in the skin of Connell and Marianne. It was frequently frustrating and cringe inducing but it was an exercise in empathy unlike any other book I've ever read.
There's such an intimacy and specificit ...more
Revisiting Normal People was such a trip. While I do remember loving and deeply relating to the book the first time I read it this reread was on another level. I have never felt so seen, so understood, so reflected in a book. Reading Normal People, for me, felt like walking in the skin of Connell and Marianne. It was frequently frustrating and cringe inducing but it was an exercise in empathy unlike any other book I've ever read.
There's such an intimacy and specificit ...more
4.5*
Sally Rooney’s adeptness for realistically writing interpersonal relationships is insane. The lack of character development from both Marianne and Connell broke my heart though.
Sally Rooney’s adeptness for realistically writing interpersonal relationships is insane. The lack of character development from both Marianne and Connell broke my heart though.
this was such a disconnected book
Aug 31, 2022
Cat
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Feb 01, 2023
Jessica Hermus
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it was amazing
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Feb 03, 2023
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