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Rozmowy z przyjaciółmi by Sally Rooney

49 reviews

xenamollie's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Sexual assault

dfram's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

this is a story about love, in many forms. i liked only one of the characters, everyone else was so unlikable i wanted to punch them in the face (and THAT is what i loved the most about this book). i wasn’t on anyone’s side, because these characters captured the complexity of relationships and feelings and being human so well. everyone was right and everyone was wrong in a lot of ways. i loved normal people by sally rooney, and this book wasn’t what i expected it to be; i’m not disappointed by it, and i’m also not super sure i would read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Cursing, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Vomit

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Police brutality, and Classism

libbyfran's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Minor: Alcoholism and Sexual assault

ruthywithas's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

A stunning look at the messiness of relationships and the complexity of emotions. Rooney created such interesting characters who were all flawed but brought out important themes throughout. I loved how Rooney complimented the uncertainty of the characters' thoughts and actions with intelligent commentary of the socioeconomic climate in the story. I found it difficult initially to understand Frances and Bobbi's involvement with Melissa and Nick but by the end I could appreciate how symbolic and thought-provoking their relationships were. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual assault

coffeecass's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Biphobia, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

ale15sousa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective relaxing tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death, Eating disorder, Police brutality, Gaslighting, Colonisation, and War

st3llaryan06's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism

nicolinebl's review against another edition

reflective sad medium-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

3.5

Definitely prefer this book over Rooney's other novel Normal People, although, to be fair, I was probably a bit too young to read that book back then (time for a re-read!). Her characters are never very likeworthy and  definitely remind me of the main characters in Exciting Times & A Year of Rest and Relaxation. Even though Frances wasn't likeable, she was quite relatable in other ways. I guess you will always relate more to a flawed character than some miss-perfect. 

I'm not quite sure how to describe what I thought of this book other than it feeling like taking a road-trip, getting to know the characters through observing and listening to them. It is a book that is very much about its characters and their actions. It's not a wild adventurous story but I was still on the edge of my seat, curious where the story would go. This is the second book by Sally I've read and her characters tend to be quite pretentious, not sure if that is on purpose or not. I do like the philosophical and intellectual conversations they have with each other though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Self harm, and Alcohol

Moderate: Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and War

bookishel's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Minor: Sexual assault

mad_is_rad's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

Not exactly my style, but definitely made me think. I really liked the exploration of different kinds of relationships and how complicated they can get. There were more twists and turns than I expected.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault