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 :(
mary as a feminist, i cringed all thru this novel--why women writers present this tiresome trope that is marianne-- anything to please a man, long as its d…moreas a feminist, i cringed all thru this novel--why women writers present this tiresome trope that is marianne-- anything to please a man, long as its debasing--is she saying something re: all the men are emotional nazis ? or, is this newest generation hopelessly mental ? not clear....
not worthy of a booker nod....(less)
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