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Normal People
Normal People

Normal People

By
Sally Rooney
Sally Rooney
2019 • 288 pages

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Average rating3.7

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At school Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He’s popular and well-adjusted, star of the school soccer team while she is lonely, proud, and intensely private. But when Connell comes to pick his mother up from her housekeeping job at Marianne’s house, a strange and indelible connection grows between the two teenagers - one they are determined to conceal.

A year later, they’re both studying at Trinity College in Dublin. Marianne has found her feet in a new social world while Connell hangs at the sidelines, shy and uncertain. Throughout their years in college, Marianne and Connell circle one another, straying toward other people and possibilities but always magnetically, irresistibly drawn back together. Then, as she veers into self-destruction and he begins to search for meaning elsewhere, each must confront how far they are willing to go to save the other. Sally Rooney brings her brilliant psychological acuity and perfectly spare prose to a story that explores the subtleties of class, the electricity of first love, and the complex entanglements of family and friendship.

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  • Young Adult
  • Romance

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  • emotional
  • reflective
  • dark
  • sad
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Kmckenna19
Kevin @Kmckenna19

I loved loved loved this. Started it at 8:00 finished at 2200. Everything from the characters to the story spoke to me. The ending I felt a “meh” but maybe that was meant to be. A great piece of contemporary fiction that feels all too familiar to a life I've lived

September 2, 2019
Emimia
Emi@Emimia

2.5/5 stars

I can definitely see how this book is so popular, and I'm sure I'm gonna love the adaptation, but overall the entire thing just felt pointless to me. I failed to get attached to the writing or characters and I spent more time wondering when it's gonna be over than actually reading.

January 28, 2022
indirapranabudi
Indira Pranabudi@indirapranabudi

Good book, but slightly underwhelmed (especially after all the hype).

I liked that the main characters were relatable (and likeable to a certain extent), and it did almost make me cry... but it just didn't feel “wow” enough for 5 stars.

September 17, 2021
timnog
Lisa@timnog

I wish there were half star ratings. Not my kind of book at all, but it went quickly.

July 15, 2020

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