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Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

176 reviews

anajailer's review against another edition

3.75

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I feel like i'm going crazy. Everyone says this is their favourite Sally Rooney book and I could not disagree more. Because of one character only: Peter. I can't remember the last time a character annoyed me as much. I still enjoyed this book regardless, but my god.

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afrenette's review against another edition

2.5

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

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hannahcheney97's review against another edition

3.0

challenging 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: Yes

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bethtriesreading's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective 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

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dyer's review against another edition

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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bmunsh's review against another edition

3.0

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Considered giving it a two for most of the book, only uplifted by a very solid ending. Masterful prose and an interesting plot, but a combination of hateable characters and slow pace killed my interest in the mid part.

Peter is self-centered, greedy and cruel, but at least he is self-conscious and able to criticize himself. Ivan is an Incel who is immature and petulant. I increased my rating for the book when Peter smacks Ivan. I thought Margaret Sylvia and Naomi were all a little “too perfect“, followed by Sylvia‘s really weird, cruel twist at the end. Overall, I would just say that they were OK. Peter is an example of a good, complicated character, Ivan is an example of just a bad dude.

Reasons for deductions: really dragged on, too much conversation, Ivan was a prick, probably 150 pages too long.

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sonevoe's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful reflective 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: Complicated

that was my first rooney’s book i’ve read in english and now i start to get why so many people love her

i always preferred character driven books over plot driven and intermenzzo is as character driven as it gets
and it might be slow paced but it is in no way boring, i’ve picked it up continuously every day, willing to get back to the characters who feel so real
despite having character preferences, i see a little bit of myself in Peter and i also find Ivan a bit childish, the interchangeable povs were in no way annoying, because the text grips you and also because characters grow on you a lot
i loved themes of life and existentialism and grief and i took a lot of pleasure in reading characters’ thoughts on these topics

i will certainly check out other rooney’s books in the future

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