Reviews

Normal People by Sally Rooney

amyswan_'s review against another edition

5.0

Beautiful book, read after the seeing the TV show multiple times which probably impacts the rating. Unconsciously read the whole book in an Irish accent.

valeto's review against another edition

reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

flowerbinsh's review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

GOD this so satisfied my craving for a book like Alone With You In The Ether by Olivie Blake. There were only two things I wished:

1) That we saw more of Marianne’s family. 

2) That Lorraine’s character was a little more,,,mom-like. It felt weird to me that Connell called her by her name, and also that she treated him more like an older sister at times. That could be due to the smaller age gap, since she had him so young, but it still put me off a little bit. 

miabaci's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

frozone_27's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I cried so much all throughout... I dont even know what to say..

ms_spine_breaker's review against another edition

4.0

Can I say something? The ending of this book makes zero sense. The overall story? Chef's kiss!

Another thing that kinda bugged me was the lack of quotation marks. They simply don't exist in this one. Took me far too long to get used to.

Overall a great story. Just a really shitty ending.

grej_'s review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

averygoodstine's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

This was a weird one for me. I felt myself not really able to relate to the characters, and was sometimes even annoyed by them, but I was rooting for them at the same time. Because I know that this book is probably extremely relatable for a lot of people, I totally understand the draw to it and why so many people love it. There were a lot of beautiful quotes, and small things here and there that did hit home for me. The writing style took me a while to get used to. I don't like that the dialogue isn't separated with quotation marks, and some of the European lingo and style of talking made it a bit difficult to read smoothly. Overall a pretty decent book.

bigyum_reads's review against another edition

4.0

Solid 3.5 star read

ffionreilly's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0