Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

Conversations with Friends

Sally Rooney with Aoife McMahon (Narrator)

9 hours, 1 minutes • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction literary emotional reflective medium-paced

Description

'Sally Rooney writes with a rare, thrilling confidence, in a lucid and exacting style uncluttered with the sort of steroidal imagery and strobe flashes of figurative language that so many dutifully literary novelists employ. This isn't to say that...

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Moods

emotional 78%
reflective 75%
sad 32%
tense 21%
dark 18%
funny 17%
challenging 16%
hopeful 7%
lighthearted 6%
relaxing 6%
inspiring 4%
adventurous 2%
mysterious 2%
informative 1%

Pace

medium 63%
slow 20%
fast 16%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 89% | A mix: 8% | Plot: 1%

Strong character development?

It's complicated: 43% | Yes: 33% | No: 22%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 46% | No: 30% | Yes: 22%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 61% | Yes: 23% | It's complicated: 11% | N/A: 3%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 93% | It's complicated: 4% | No: 1%

Average rating

3.88

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