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jordanwilson's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
pil4r's review against another edition
reflective
tense
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
3.25
Una vez más, Sally Rooney nos enseña cómo escribir ficción literaria sobre lo humano y lo inmensamente complejo de vincularse sexoafectivamente.
Con problemas de comunicación que parecen no tener fin y atravesadxs por distintos padecimientos de salud mental, lxs personajes de Conversaciones entre amigos intentan -y muchas veces fallan en- hacer su vida. Con maestría, la autora pone sobre la mesa discusiones sobre el poder en los vínculos, atravesamientos de género, clase, consumos e historias familiares.
Aún con todos estos puntos a favor, me costó bastante conectar con la protagonista y su tendencia problemática y extremadamente pasiva a dejar que las cosas sucedan y ya. Creo que esto hizo que la historia me resulte un poco lenta y pesada a pesar de contar con ingredientes tan similares a mi amada Gente normal.
Recomiendo para quien tenga muchas ganas de frustrarse con -o le tenga la paciencia suficiente a- pobres pibas que se la pasan tomando malas decisiones.
Con problemas de comunicación que parecen no tener fin y atravesadxs por distintos padecimientos de salud mental, lxs personajes de Conversaciones entre amigos intentan -y muchas veces fallan en- hacer su vida. Con maestría, la autora pone sobre la mesa discusiones sobre el poder en los vínculos, atravesamientos de género, clase, consumos e historias familiares.
Aún con todos estos puntos a favor, me costó bastante conectar con la protagonista y su tendencia problemática y extremadamente pasiva a dejar que las cosas sucedan y ya. Creo que esto hizo que la historia me resulte un poco lenta y pesada a pesar de contar con ingredientes tan similares a mi amada Gente normal.
Recomiendo para quien tenga muchas ganas de frustrarse con -o le tenga la paciencia suficiente a- pobres pibas que se la pasan tomando malas decisiones.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: Self harm and Blood
stokedtabi's review against another edition
4.0
"everyone's always going through something, aren't they? that's life, basically. it's just more and more things to go through."
h_imene's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
quianablue's review against another edition
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Conversations with friends made me feel all the feels and actually made me root for someone participating in a morally wrong act.
Frances was such a well rounded character. Her tumultuous friendship with her ex-girlfriend, new diagnosis of endo, and of course her relationship with Nick, made this story one I couldn’t put down.
The end left me giddy, wondering what happens next, how does this actually end.
marissanbullis's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
relaxing
sad
slow-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? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Chronic illness and Self harm
taliareads's review against another edition
3.0
kinda a meh for me tbh.
didn't really care for any character in particular, much prefer Normal People.
didn't like Frances, kinda hated Bobbi. Nick was a bit of a dick and Melissa can choke.
After France got boringggg, worth the read though. Don't hate it. Don't love it.
didn't really care for any character in particular, much prefer Normal People.
didn't like Frances, kinda hated Bobbi. Nick was a bit of a dick and Melissa can choke.
After France got boringggg, worth the read though. Don't hate it. Don't love it.
cheriedoll's review against another edition
3.0
loved normal people and wanted to see what sally Rooney would do with this book as well but both are the same exact storyline so felt like I was just rereading the same book
carocarovk's review against another edition
2.0
the plot was dull. the characters insufferable AND pretentious. the setting boring. the writing was beautiful. do this prose overcome the meandering nothingness of the rest of the book? for some; yes. for me; a resounding GOD NO.
every character had a sense of self-importance that was painful to read. I counted down the last 50 pages
every character had a sense of self-importance that was painful to read. I counted down the last 50 pages
laurenisallbooked's review against another edition
3.0
"Melissa grinned. Don't underestimate the effect of youth and beauty, she said.
That sounds like a recipe for disastrous unhappiness, I said.
You're twenty-one, said Melissa. You should be disastrously unhappy."
That's it. That's the book.
Where Sally Rooney excels is sharing the vulnerability and raw emotion of early 20s relationships. Having read both of her novels, I think she does this better in Normal People. Conversations with Friends often feels haughty and cold, giving the reader the air our narrarator Frances tends to give everyone else. My main issue with this novel is that a lot of things have been jumbled together, very much in the messy way that life hands us situations: problems with parents, money, health, friendships, relationships, sex. But the novel doesn't tie them together well, and Frances isn't giving the reader anything to hold onto.
That sounds like a recipe for disastrous unhappiness, I said.
You're twenty-one, said Melissa. You should be disastrously unhappy."
That's it. That's the book.
Where Sally Rooney excels is sharing the vulnerability and raw emotion of early 20s relationships. Having read both of her novels, I think she does this better in Normal People. Conversations with Friends often feels haughty and cold, giving the reader the air our narrarator Frances tends to give everyone else. My main issue with this novel is that a lot of things have been jumbled together, very much in the messy way that life hands us situations: problems with parents, money, health, friendships, relationships, sex. But the novel doesn't tie them together well, and Frances isn't giving the reader anything to hold onto.