A review by mmaack24
Normal People by Sally Rooney

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

i have the sense that this is a really great book and i’m just not old enough to fully enjoy it. i did actually like it, but at the beginning i was very mad at the verisimilitude of sally rooney’s writing style. i felt like it was overconfident and dry. once i got into it, though, i felt that it sort of suited her characters. this seems like it would be a great book for people leaving college or in the latter half of their twenties. otherwise, it’s probably just a nice vacation book for the rest of us; take it to the beach, read it at lunchtime, etc., which doesn’t make it bad, but i wouldn’t sit down and enjoy it deeply if i had other things to do with my time. 
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