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A review by kimdokjaa
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney
5.0
yeah so i spent the entire third act crying like a baby like full body sobs. i will never recover and need to reread this immediately. sally rooney i apologize i was unfamiliar with your game
the only other sally rooney book i've read is normal people, which i did not care for, so i was honestly not expecting much out of this (i'm really into chess right now and saw this at the library and thought what the hell sure). little did i know i was picking up one of the most raw and compelling books i've had the pleasure of reading, and one that would leave me a nonstop sniveling mess from peter & ivan's confrontation at their dad's house to "my brother, the genius" (to which i let out a blood-curdling scream)
the dialogue was exceptional, and i loved how stylized peter & ivan's narrations were, and how much that contributed to each of their voices. this was some of the best character study work i've read, and definitely the best i've read from a contemporary author. nothing about peter & ivan ever felt fictional, and even though on paper they are two people i would never remotely care about, and would probably actively dislike, i could not stop crying. stealing this from the top comment here, but sally rooney dissected the mundane situations peter & ivan were going through on such a microscopic level that you can't help but be irrevocably moved by it. and god was i moved by it. i love how well sally rooney illustrated how there is so much pain in every mundane moment of life, but, also, so much love. i also love (and hate) how much this made me think about (and sob over) my relationship with one of my best friends and my baby sister
it's just such a raw look at love and grief and our need for connection and humanity and life and a million other things i don't yet have the words for. it's one of those books i need to own so i can write all over it and read it again and again and again
anyways i'm going to sit outside and listen to carrie & lowell (album, though the song itself is going to kill me too don't worry) by sufjan stevens and let out the rest of my tears
the only other sally rooney book i've read is normal people, which i did not care for, so i was honestly not expecting much out of this (i'm really into chess right now and saw this at the library and thought what the hell sure). little did i know i was picking up one of the most raw and compelling books i've had the pleasure of reading, and one that would leave me a nonstop sniveling mess from peter & ivan's confrontation at their dad's house to "my brother, the genius" (to which i let out a blood-curdling scream)
the dialogue was exceptional, and i loved how stylized peter & ivan's narrations were, and how much that contributed to each of their voices. this was some of the best character study work i've read, and definitely the best i've read from a contemporary author. nothing about peter & ivan ever felt fictional, and even though on paper they are two people i would never remotely care about, and would probably actively dislike, i could not stop crying. stealing this from the top comment here, but sally rooney dissected the mundane situations peter & ivan were going through on such a microscopic level that you can't help but be irrevocably moved by it. and god was i moved by it. i love how well sally rooney illustrated how there is so much pain in every mundane moment of life, but, also, so much love. i also love (and hate) how much this made me think about (and sob over) my relationship with one of my best friends and my baby sister
it's just such a raw look at love and grief and our need for connection and humanity and life and a million other things i don't yet have the words for. it's one of those books i need to own so i can write all over it and read it again and again and again
anyways i'm going to sit outside and listen to carrie & lowell (album, though the song itself is going to kill me too don't worry) by sufjan stevens and let out the rest of my tears