A review by taylorimbey
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

Likes:

• Well written and good/realistic dialogue
• Characters were not always likable but felt real and complex
• Sally Rooney writing has a way to make you feel the mundane bleakness of what it means to be human. It’s gutting and raw but not in an overly loud or boisterous way. 

Dislikes:

• Sometimes it was a little too depressing for me and I always struggle to read about characters that are soooo closed off. Makes me itch and want to say something on their behalf. 
• That ending! Cliff hanger! Her endings are always so obscure.