2018 . Fiction, Romance, Young Adult Fiction . Sally Rooney
7.8 598 total
3.9/5616K total
3.9/5.0Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in rural Ireland. The similarities end there; they are from very different worlds. When they both earn places at Trinity College in Dublin, a connection that has grown between them lasts long into the following years. This is an exquisite love story about how a person can change another person's life - a simple yet profound realisation that unfolds beautifully over the course of the novel. It tells us how difficult it is to talk about how we feel and it tells us - blazingly - about cycles of domination, legitimacy and privilege. Alternating menace with overwhelming tenderness, Sally Rooney's second novel breathes fiction with new life.
2018
English
Faber & Faber
266
0571334644 (ISBN13: 9780571334643)
3 weeks ago
7Normal People was a good read. I felt completely invested in the lives of the two protagonists, but unfortunately the ending fell a little flat.
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Comment 8 months ago
10Best book I’ve read in years. Couldn’t stop thinking about it after I finished. The economy of Rooney’s prose is incredible—and her characters charming, smart, relatable, infuriating, beloved. So so good.
Like Comment 9 months ago
7Read after watching the series, confusing due to the lack of speech marks but after getting used to it, it’s a decent read.
Like Comment 10 months ago
7God, gribende og hjerteskærende! Den er fængende, men man skal også være indstillet på at man nok ikke ligefrem bliver i godt humør af at læse den. Til gengæld blev jeg opslugt og den er god til at flygte fra ens egen virkelighed!
Like Comment 10 months ago
7Had high expectations of Normal People and they were not really met. The first 100 pages was intriguing, but from there the story spins in the same circle. The audience for this book is teenagers and young adults.
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11 months ago
10The connection between a high school star athlete and a loner ebbs and flows when they go to Trinity College in Dublin.
Like Comment 1 year ago
6Readable in one sitting, but the heartbreaking struggle and poor communication is so frustrating! Not a feel good love story, but it has staying power and is thought provoking
Like Comment 1 year ago
9The writing style of this book is such that you can’t put it down, it grips you from the get go. Read it in one sitting and want to read it again
Like Comment 2 years ago
9Et fængende totalportræt af ung bevidsthed i det 21. århundrede. En fortælling om kærlighed, venskab og navigering i et af livets mest (på daværende tidspunkt) udfordrende overgange.
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8Perfect book for someone looking for something to be immersed in on the tube! Sally rooney masters the art of reaching out and dragging you into the lives of her characters. A read for someone looking to reflect on the art of living and its difficulty at times..
Like Comment 3 months ago
9Great story about friendship and love. I enjoyed the audio book with the Irish accents.
1 like Comment 9 months ago
7Simpelhent en god god og den er bare svær at lægge fra sig når man først er begyndt!
Like Comment 10 months ago
8Well written, but also easy to follow. Made it difficult to put down
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