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Gespräche mit Freunden by Sally Rooney

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clohavet's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

karinajperez's review against another edition

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5.0

I will officially be reading anything that this woman writes. Sally Rooney’s characterization is unmatched. It’s candid, it’s realistic, it’s thoughtful.
Please

thebestofaly's review against another edition

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Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

hate all of them and most of their decisions, and can't rate it HOWEVER i did like this sjhskwbdhdhdksjne ughhhhhhh okay rooney i see you

daviesam's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5 stars. found it hard to relate to (ive never had an affair with a married man).

every character is painfully full of themselves and thinks that they’re morally more sound than everyone else even when they’re all horrible people.

sally’s writing style is something to get used to, but never an issue for me in her books. the writing is wonderful, the characters make me contemplate DNF’ing.

frances: get a grip
bobbi: get offline for a hour
nick & melissa: why did you get married ever

veara's review against another edition

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2.0

Cannot decide - probably 2.5 stars?
This book just made me feel kind of “eh”.
Not comparable with Normal People which I adored. This book features characters that often did not feel real, and seem to do everything in their power to feel miserable and misunderstand each other. And then it ends. I could appreciate the build up in the first half but the second half seemed like it had no clear plot line anymore. Sadly, I’m disappointed.