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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A tale of a two brothers and their grief after the death of their father to cancer. Peter, an attorney, and Ivan, 10 years younger, a chess player both deal with their grief in various ways. Peter loves Sylvia and also a young college student, Naomi. Ivan is with a woman about 15.years older than him, and Peter doesn't approve. They grieve and their relationships are complicated.
I felt a lot of this was repetitive, I despise super long chapters, and I didn't need the multiple descriptive sex scenes. I did like the ending.
I'm not enjoying the characters, the plot or the writing style. I can appreciate Sally Rooney, but I think she's just not for me.
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Although I do understand people’s gripes with the writing differences for the brother’s perspectives, I thoroughly enjoyed this. It felt so intentional, and raw. Rooney encompassed grief in such a unique and specific way. I found this so smart, and constantly found myself worried about the characters because they felt so real. I’m biased to a rooney book at this point right?
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-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
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
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
emotional
reflective
sad
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
i wish i had connected emotionally to it more but i sort of blame it on reading it in an academic setting. it is FASCINATINGLY written, with an infinity of quotes from other works (i giggled at shakespeare and sontag quotes interspersed with peter’s depressed inner monologue) and the sibling dynamic is something i’m extremely into. grief is a tricky thing, you can almost forget it’s there until you can’t ignore it anymore.
4.5
Una historia sobre las relaciones familiares y sus complejidades.
Disfruté especialmente los capítulos de Peter, que me pareció un personaje interesante y complejo. Además del hecho de que en estos capítulos la prosa juega un papel crucial para adentrarse en la psique de una persona con ansiedad y depresión.
Me atrevo a decir que es el mejor libro que Sally Rooney ha escrito hasta el momento.
Por alguna razón, durante la lectura de este libro pensé mucho en Los Hermanos Karamazov de Dostoievski (Iván y Alexei, tal vez (?)).
Una historia sobre las relaciones familiares y sus complejidades.
Disfruté especialmente los capítulos de Peter, que me pareció un personaje interesante y complejo. Además del hecho de que en estos capítulos la prosa juega un papel crucial para adentrarse en la psique de una persona con ansiedad y depresión.
Me atrevo a decir que es el mejor libro que Sally Rooney ha escrito hasta el momento.
Por alguna razón, durante la lectura de este libro pensé mucho en Los Hermanos Karamazov de Dostoievski (Iván y Alexei, tal vez (?)).
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
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
Not my favorite of Rooney’z novels but still incredible writing.
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes