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A review by thepicklebug
Normal People by Sally Rooney
4.0
In the beginning I really loved this book and I loved the authors writing. However, the last several chapters were lackluster and I found myself dragging my feet to finish it. The “will they won’t they” just continued on and on and on. I understand the premise, but the book honestly could’ve ended almost as quickly as it began, but instead it was dragged out for an unbearably long time. I’ll definitely be giving another one of her books a go because the writing itself is worthwhile. Beautifully descriptive, but not to the point that it’s overbearing.
This book also had a lot of depressive undertones and I always closed it feeling a little bit disassociated. It made me sad as a single hetero woman, looking at today’s dating world and made me wonder about several of my non-sexual relationships and how easy it is to weave in and out of friendships/family/romantic partners with almost no effort. That’s not to say this made the book any less worth the read, it’s only a warning to potential readers.
Although the ending chapters left me disappointed, I’m sitting at a solid 3.5 (rounding up to 4 because Goodreads doesn’t believe in half star ratings apparently) because the book had me thinking about my own life and others’ every time I picked it up. I was constantly thinking about it, even when I was avoiding to finish it. I’ll most likely be lulling this one around in my head for a while.
This book also had a lot of depressive undertones and I always closed it feeling a little bit disassociated. It made me sad as a single hetero woman, looking at today’s dating world and made me wonder about several of my non-sexual relationships and how easy it is to weave in and out of friendships/family/romantic partners with almost no effort. That’s not to say this made the book any less worth the read, it’s only a warning to potential readers.
Although the ending chapters left me disappointed, I’m sitting at a solid 3.5 (rounding up to 4 because Goodreads doesn’t believe in half star ratings apparently) because the book had me thinking about my own life and others’ every time I picked it up. I was constantly thinking about it, even when I was avoiding to finish it. I’ll most likely be lulling this one around in my head for a while.