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A review by starbeans
Normal People by Sally Rooney
2.75
idk, 2.5-3 stars? I am super glad it wasn’t my first book by sally rooney, as I probably would’ve thought her books just weren’t for me otherwise.
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TW: disordered eating
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Marianne and Connell have been “friends” for a long time. Connell’s mom worked for Marianne’s family as a housekeeper, they spent a short time in a situationship in school, then went to Trinity together. This is by far the most dysfunctional relationship I’ve ever seen, and all the self-sabotaging and especially the ED like behaviours of Marianne in Sweden really tore this down for me. I loved CWF because of the brilliantly portrayed miscommunications and the problems caused by that, but in normal people, I found it very tedious for some reason.
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TW: disordered eating
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Marianne and Connell have been “friends” for a long time. Connell’s mom worked for Marianne’s family as a housekeeper, they spent a short time in a situationship in school, then went to Trinity together. This is by far the most dysfunctional relationship I’ve ever seen, and all the self-sabotaging and especially the ED like behaviours of Marianne in Sweden really tore this down for me. I loved CWF because of the brilliantly portrayed miscommunications and the problems caused by that, but in normal people, I found it very tedious for some reason.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder