3.81 AVERAGE

challenging emotional 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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Devoured this in one sitting wow.

For some reason I fell in love with Frances and really felt for her. I absolutely loved her and Nick too even though they were so messy and obviously wouldn't work out, I just kept rooting for them.

When he told Frances he was seeing his wife again I genuinely felt sick bc I wanted him and Frances to be together. I like that the ending was quite ambiguous as to what happens between them because they care for eachother so much.

So many parallels to normal people too, (even possible Marriane references) especially with Frances insecurities, the academic discussions and mental health issues.
reflective medium-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

This wasn’t for me unfortunately
emotional reflective tense
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
dark emotional funny informative reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I literally couldn’t put this book down. Sally Rooney, I would follow you to the ends of this earth.

I did find Bobbi quite pretentious and annoying though, not very loveable.

Not a book to read whilst in a situationship, I feel, unless you’re ready to confront your own patterns of behaviour 
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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DID NOT FINISH: 65%

The pace and tone did not work for me, even though I found the character dynamics interesting. I read a summary by chapters to learn about the remaining plot, which worked pretty well for me :) 
emotional sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes