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The Happy Couple by Naoise Dolan

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funny reflective
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This blurb promised a mess and I was here for it. After I started reading I spotted some Sally Rooney comparisons in other reviews, but I found Dolans characters more interesting and the writing more fun (it's been a while since I tried Rooney tho). I enjoyed the awkwardly human dialogue, observations and reflections from the characters. And even though I couldn't relate to the 'romantic' relationships portrayed, the non-romantic ones and the roles all characters fulfilled in each others lives felt very real.
Wasn't fond of how the distracted enabler and the very troubled cause schemed against their mutual interest towards the end - as if their situations weren't a result of all three of them making mistakes again and again - but I guess realistically it is how such situations would unfold. And luckily, I did feel the last chapter cleared it up and made up for it.
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