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This was beautiful and sad and captivating right from the start. SR has written such a painful and real relationship. She also masterfully crafts very tragic moments that are scary in there mundanity. I feel like this is going to stick with me for a while.
I wasn't expecting this to be such an epic love story . From the title, I figured it would be about a group of friends who sit around talking about what's normal and what's quirky, that sort of thing that's deep & meaningful when you're 20. But instead this is about two people who unexpectedly find a deep connection as teens, and then they (literally) fuck around and find out. Kind of like Catherine and Heathcliff, except Connell & Marianne are not completely psychotic assholes, they are more ..
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AUTHOR Rooney, Sally
TITLE Normal People
DATE READ 12/04/19
RATING 4.5/B+
FIRST SENTENCE Marianne answers the door when Connell rings the bell.
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Fiction/2018/Penguin/273 pgs
SERIES/STAND-ALONE SA
CHALLENGE Good Reads 2019 Reading Goal 182/111;
GROUP READ Beer Nerds
TIME/PLACE 2018/Ireland
CHARACTERS Marianne and Connell
COMMENTS Really enjoyed this book -- liked the writing, the "realness" of emotions. Marianne is from a wealthy family and a bit antisocial when it c ...more
TITLE Normal People
DATE READ 12/04/19
RATING 4.5/B+
FIRST SENTENCE Marianne answers the door when Connell rings the bell.
GENRE/ PUB DATE/PUBLISHER / # OF Fiction/2018/Penguin/273 pgs
SERIES/STAND-ALONE SA
CHALLENGE Good Reads 2019 Reading Goal 182/111;
GROUP READ Beer Nerds
TIME/PLACE 2018/Ireland
CHARACTERS Marianne and Connell
COMMENTS Really enjoyed this book -- liked the writing, the "realness" of emotions. Marianne is from a wealthy family and a bit antisocial when it c ...more
It seems like this a book people love or hate. I read it in a day, cried through a lot of it and feel a little wrung dry so I'm not sure that says something about me or the book itself. I think this book feels real in how some people are just connected to each other in a way that feels good and destructive simultaneously. I feel like the ending may also be controversial but I feel like it couldn't have ended any other way.
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