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A review by karaisreading
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
hmmmmm i'm not sure what happened in this book.
plot wise: nothing relative happened. i could give you events that occurred in the book but the actual timeline is all muddy and i've already forgotten a lot of it.
this book was so interesting! i read it over the span of 2 weeks, and i found frances, nick, bobbi and melissa (the main character frances) soooo interesting.
bobbi was perhaps the most riveting. i adored the way rooney wrote her.
(MARIANNE WAS HERE! THIS WAS WRITTEN BEFORE NORMAL PEOPLE WHICH I READ BEFORE THIS, AND ROONEY SAID MARIANNE WAS INSPIRED BY WRITING FRANCES.)
frances i didn't like a lot of the time. i know a lot of people really see traits of themselves resonated in her, but i did not really. conversations with friends really did live up to the name: there were a lot of conversations with friends. BUT ALSO NOT REALLY BECAUSE SPOILER: NICK AND FRANCES RELATIONSHIP WAS SO FRUSTRATING. even the way the book ended, i guarantee they don't stay together! they can't. their issues are never fully talked out. one step forward, three steps back!!!!! actually!!
GUYS THAT ONE QUOTE THO: nick conversation...actually there were a lot of quote-worthy pages. i thoroughly enjoyed it even though i was completely lost at some points!!! sally rooney makes me think. and i love it.
i could say so much more but i'll wait until i reread this book a couple more times.
plot wise: nothing relative happened. i could give you events that occurred in the book but the actual timeline is all muddy and i've already forgotten a lot of it.
this book was so interesting! i read it over the span of 2 weeks, and i found frances, nick, bobbi and melissa (the main character frances) soooo interesting.
bobbi was perhaps the most riveting. i adored the way rooney wrote her.
(MARIANNE WAS HERE! THIS WAS WRITTEN BEFORE NORMAL PEOPLE WHICH I READ BEFORE THIS, AND ROONEY SAID MARIANNE WAS INSPIRED BY WRITING FRANCES.)
frances i didn't like a lot of the time. i know a lot of people really see traits of themselves resonated in her, but i did not really. conversations with friends really did live up to the name: there were a lot of conversations with friends. BUT ALSO NOT REALLY BECAUSE SPOILER: NICK AND FRANCES RELATIONSHIP WAS SO FRUSTRATING. even the way the book ended, i guarantee they don't stay together! they can't. their issues are never fully talked out. one step forward, three steps back!!!!! actually!!
GUYS THAT ONE QUOTE THO: nick conversation...actually there were a lot of quote-worthy pages. i thoroughly enjoyed it even though i was completely lost at some points!!! sally rooney makes me think. and i love it.
i could say so much more but i'll wait until i reread this book a couple more times.