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Pessoas normais by Sally Rooney

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kclel's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

I listened to the audiobook of this and loved that the characters' accents were present rather than me reading it and forgetting they're supposed to be Irish. I enjoyed the shifting perspectives with chapters so we could get a better idea of Connell and Marianne. This is the strongest part of the book, highlighting that people are multifaceted and everyone has something that they can't always explain in the moment. I found myself rooting for the characters to get better regardless of their previous bad choices. It's not the easiest subject matter nor were the characters always great at handling their circumstances so it felt very real at times though a little heart achey. I was moved by the story and thought it was well done.

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arieljade21's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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jyu's review against another edition

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emotional lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-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

4.0

Then it went away, and a certain short chapter of her youth had concluded, and she had survived it, it was done.

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geesmu's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective sad 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

4.0

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itsmemiana's review against another edition

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dark hopeful inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I'm not gonna lie, I first picked up this book because I found out the main character's name was Marianne which is the English (and french) version of my name, Mariana, and I never ever see my name anywhere so I felt like this was mandatory reading for me.

I kept going back and forth between 4 and 5 stars but I decided to settle for 5 stars because maybe there were one or two lines that I didn't like as much but that doesn't justify taking a whole star for me because I truly loved this book.

it's so beautifully written, with absolutely stunning lines. this was my first Sally Rooney book and I definitely intend on reading more of them.

but I can definitely see this book not being for everyone because the title is very literal, this is a book about normal people with normal lives, but to me it wasn't boring at all... Sally writes so beautifully that I couldn't find it boring for even a second.

I can't wait to read more from her.

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