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Normal People by Sally Rooney

525 reviews

mav_5200's review against another edition

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emotional sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

Horrid, would probably never read again. 10/10 loved it.

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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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mangoavocado's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

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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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stephyrm's review against another edition

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emotional sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
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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margaxrete's review against another edition

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dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

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maddybates's review against another edition

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dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

It was a sad book overall. I found it to be such an accurate depiction of modern day love, and I especially resonated with it. The ending was somewhat underwhelming but at the same time I didn’t expect it to be an overly satisfying/groundbreaking ending as that’s simply not the nature of this book. I liked how it switched between Connell and Marianne’s perspectives but kept it limited to only their perspectives. I found it to be a nice read and unlike anything I’ve read before in terms of a romance novel. The way this novel explored sex and fetish was interesting especially linking it to Marianne’s trauma. I really enjoy Rooney’s style of writing, including the lack of quotation marks during dialogue despite that being criticised a lot by other readers.

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