Bree

I'm a huge Sally Rooney fan to begin with but intermezzo was everything I love about her writing, doubled. She leans a bit more into diverse character representation, there is still social economic implications included, but they're even more back burner to the characterization than usual and it builds on the characters more than it did in previous works. So like, if theres something wrong in the world, there is a character who is directly impacted by that thing. A lot of Rooney's writing asks the question, “why can't good literature be about friendships and sex?” And this novel pushes that a little more into, “why do friendships and sex need to be a source of social acceptance/hierarchy/power? What if they weren't?”
And beyond the larger message, every relationship is painfully realistic, but beautifully written.