A review by abbey_s02
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

challenging dark emotional reflective 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

4.0

The more I sit with this one the more I enjoy it. I think the characters were further from me so I struggled at times to understand their choices and inhabit them. I really like the radical questions Rooney explores and the way the reader sits in the discomfort of the prickly and unlikeable.