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A review by tiffanytt
Normal People by Sally Rooney
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
spoilers
am i going to become marianne?
anyway i've cemented the idea in myself that no one is ever going to read these reviews really so i should just like say as much as i want about the book. this book is one that i wish i had read with a pen in hand, unfortunately it is a library book and the best i could do was a single post-it. the first 60% is like so engrossing and i legitimately could not put it down once. it kind of slows down but it also could be because i was in a different environment, my reading groove disrupted.
this book hurts and hurts bad i think. i've been reading many books (many meaning 2, including this one) where it's like a painful romance that's off and on and there's miscommunication and pining and i don't know what that has to say about me (i know exactly what it has to say) but irregardless, these two books were just so good and they just hit so different. i teared up many times throughout happy place and i teared up at the ending here. what could it all mean, who knows (i know).
i don't know that i loved marianne and connell that much, connell more for sure but marianne is a harder sell. maybe i see her as an extreme version of myself, one that could be my future. but probably not. i wish the last 40% was as good as the first 60% because the first part is already something i wish i could read for the first time again while the second part i'm just less passionate about. i don't think that the plot was bad but it just didn't captivate me and bring out visceral reactions like the first part.
all in all, i wish i could read this book for the first time again, uninterrupted and with messy margins and have it pull out the same emotions, maybe even more.
am i going to become marianne?
anyway i've cemented the idea in myself that no one is ever going to read these reviews really so i should just like say as much as i want about the book. this book is one that i wish i had read with a pen in hand, unfortunately it is a library book and the best i could do was a single post-it. the first 60% is like so engrossing and i legitimately could not put it down once. it kind of slows down but it also could be because i was in a different environment, my reading groove disrupted.
this book hurts and hurts bad i think. i've been reading many books (many meaning 2, including this one) where it's like a painful romance that's off and on and there's miscommunication and pining and i don't know what that has to say about me (i know exactly what it has to say) but irregardless, these two books were just so good and they just hit so different. i teared up many times throughout happy place and i teared up at the ending here. what could it all mean, who knows (i know).
i don't know that i loved marianne and connell that much, connell more for sure but marianne is a harder sell. maybe i see her as an extreme version of myself, one that could be my future. but probably not. i wish the last 40% was as good as the first 60% because the first part is already something i wish i could read for the first time again while the second part i'm just less passionate about. i don't think that the plot was bad but it just didn't captivate me and bring out visceral reactions like the first part.
all in all, i wish i could read this book for the first time again, uninterrupted and with messy margins and have it pull out the same emotions, maybe even more.