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Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

138 reviews

rcd229's review against another edition

3.5

emotional reflective 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

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Definitely a unique style in the whole stream-of-consciousness/implications in unfinished fragments/Yoda-esque inversions of sentence structure thing and a [fascinating? insightful?] study of grief, depression, toxic familial/romantic/sexual relationships and friendships, misogyny, autism (maybe?), hypocrisy, close-mindedness, and social perception.  Sometimes the story is written the rambling way I think I narrate things in my head, which is interesting, and sometimes I feel like it tries to hard to be all poetic and ethereal in it's contemplation of life or whatever. Again, fascinating, but overall not my cup of tea. I liked the illustration of what it means to be human in Normal People a lot better.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Terminal illness, Grief, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Violence, Pandemic/Epidemic

all4knicks's review against another edition

3.5

challenging emotional 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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I struggled with this book because of the slow pace, and disliking the characters, especially when the book was so character driven. Loved Normal People and even though it was similarly complex, this one didn’t click as much for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death of parent

Moderate: Violence

katrindettmer's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief

Moderate: Drug abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Classism

kjm19's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I cried on a plane finishing this book. 

It might be my favourite Sally Rooney novel yet, which I would not have expected when I first opened the book, and had to reread the first few pages several times! 

The sheer depth to which she writes these characters and their lives is insurmountable. They are flawed, philosophical, complex human beings who reflect the world around them (and the reader!). 

The way Rooney writes has become even more sophisticated since BWWAY. I think the previous book was a necessary transition from the tremendous normal people and has enabled her to get to this point. The weaving of perspective, dialogue and tone is magic. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

rb_br's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical trauma, Car accident

Minor: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Classism

hlredx's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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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The characters are hard to relate to, but also completely flawed and in that way relatable. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent

Minor: Rape

bluepoisonfrog's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Death of parent

judyegallagher's review against another edition

4.75

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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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boys should talk about their feelings!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Alcohol

lu161's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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WOW!!!!!!! in my opinion sally rooney's best book so far. i've actually never read anything like this. it is astonishing how she succeeds to make her writing marxist without being very political. a lot to think about now. but one thing's for sure: i will carry each of these characters very close to my chest from now on (joining marianne, connell, frances and bobbi lol). without giving spoilers, my only point of criticism would be that the ending could have been more emotionally wrecking but i am very glad it wasn't hahaha. underlined a lot of sentences here because this book was filled by interesting introspective thoughts. sally rooney, the genius that you are.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcoholism, Grief, Death of parent

stuffinmybrainhole's review against another edition

3.75

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Death of parent