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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
challenging
informative
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Are all Sally Rooney books this good?? Have I been sleeping on Sally Rooney??
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书单要读的书太多，这两本的体验都不算突出，会把Ronney的作品往后排序。
书单要读的书太多，这两本的体验都不算突出，会把Ronney的作品往后排序。
creo de verdad que mi problema es que después de leer a rachel cusk, rooney se me queda un poco aguada, porque un poco meh
I’m in a reading slump. Couldn’t really connect with the characters and I just wanted it to be over. I think maybe it’s the authors style I’m not vibing with bc I felt the same meh after normal people when other people loved it. Oh well!
i think i tried reading this like 3 times but just couldn't get into it. i'll try to read it again tho, maybe my preferences changed after 3 yrs😁
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This is litfic at its worst—dull and pretentious.
Sally Rooney is a smart and talented writer, but I’m convinced that this book is basically her trolling. And she pulled it off :)
The emails read like conversations between pretentious lit students in a pub, spilling out endless “big” thoughts for hours. There’s no actual story here, so don’t bother looking for one.
This type of literature definitely has its audience (and that’s why it has a right to exist), but I’m not one of them.
In my view, this would have worked far better as a collection of essays and short stories, because that’s essentially what it is—though I imagine that would have been harder to sell.
Sally Rooney is a smart and talented writer, but I’m convinced that this book is basically her trolling. And she pulled it off :)
The emails read like conversations between pretentious lit students in a pub, spilling out endless “big” thoughts for hours. There’s no actual story here, so don’t bother looking for one.
This type of literature definitely has its audience (and that’s why it has a right to exist), but I’m not one of them.
In my view, this would have worked far better as a collection of essays and short stories, because that’s essentially what it is—though I imagine that would have been harder to sell.
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
incredibly interesting, i loved the emails they write each other the most, the reflections about their political views and historical connections and romantic/sexual perceptions. the beginning wasn’t too interesting because it’s a bit hard to like any of the characters but by the end i did like eileen and simon at least, i did not like felix at all. i would def recommend but i don’t think i see myself in a similar relationship (any of them including alice and eileen’s). i did not like that it mentioned the pandemic at the end but the ending emails did make me happy