4.39k reviews for:

Talking at Night

Claire Daverley

4.02 AVERAGE

feebbzz's review against another edition

4.75

emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hatrinh's review against another edition

3.5

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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It's well written but it's just not my cup of tea.

abbiec's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective relaxing slow-paced

anlewis13's review against another edition

4.5

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

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so frustrating and heartbreaking i loved it

kristinallard's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Self harm, Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt

janeanniina's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

erindavis's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

luxynth's review against another edition

3.0

medium-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

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i enjoyed parts of this but overall pretty frustrating. i grew to dislike rosie more and more, and at some point it got tiring to read the string of repeated bad decisions.

erinrendon's review against another edition

3.25

emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

thecitrusglow's review against another edition

3.75

emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This book was indeed a bit like Normal People but without nearly as much sexual tension. Will and Rosie are characters that I rooted for and their stories felt well-earned by the end of the book. Definitely a sad and reflective read but nothing that ever felt too gratuitous. I enjoyed the dynamics of the Rosie-Will-Simon friendship and appreciated the nuance of how complicated a relationship can be when a person loves two people. Mostly as I was reading this I was thinking of how badly I wanted Will and Rosie to find good therapists and spend a year or two working on themselves.