Margie asked this question about Normal People:
So I am just getting to the point in this where Marianne has started to eat less and less, fixating on her food and savouring it. Essentially, it reads like she's moving towards anorexia if she hasn't already. Without giving too much away, does it have a happier ending? Does she get therapy? I know too many people with severe mental health problems in real life to want to read further if it doesn't :(
Erin Just wanted to add that based on this book and Conversations with Friends, it seems the author likes to romanticize anorexia. In both books she makes …moreJust wanted to add that based on this book and Conversations with Friends, it seems the author likes to romanticize anorexia. In both books she makes a point to note the female protagonists’ steady decline into starvation without any consequence, only that they’re basically looking thin.

Idk, I really loved both books but this gave me pause. Sally Rooney, you ok, girl?(less)
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