Normal People

A Novel

Paperback, 304 pages

English language

Published Feb. 18, 2020 by Hogarth.

ISBN:
978-1-9848-2218-5
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(143 reviews)

Rubbish. A quarter of it is love scenes. Very steamy like fifty shades of grey

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Review of 'Normal People' on 'Goodreads'

En mycket fin liten roman. Trots sitt irska ursprung är det en av de mest engelska romaner jag läst. Som en blanding av upstairs-downstairs och Austineskt uppvaktningsdrama men i modern och nyskapande tappning. Min enda, och tyvärr ganska stora invändning är att språket är bristfälligt. Det framstår som oförmöget att återge och på ett adekvat sätt framställa den underliggande berättelsen. Men i övrigt är det starkt rekommenderad sommarläsning.

Review of 'Normal People' on 'Goodreads'

'Normal People' isn't an easy read. The depiction of the internal struggle and the trajectory of the two lead characters weighs on you. The depression, the anxiety, the abuse - it all weighs on you. But the prose is wonderful. This is excellent writing that gets you to live as another character, deep within their skin and skull. This is writing that leaves a mark on you.

Review of 'Normal People' on 'Goodreads'

At seventy minutes Aidan Kennedy brought the ball up the left side of the pitch and crossed it over to Connell, who took a shot from the corner of the penalty area, over the heads of the defenders, and it spun into the back of the net. Everyone screamed, even Marianne, and Karen threw her arm around Marianne’s waist and squeezed it. They were cheering together, they had seen something magical which dissolved the ordinary social relations between them. Miss Keaney was whistling and stamping her feet. On the pitch Connell and Aidan embraced like reunited brothers. Connell was so beautiful. It occurred to Marianne how much she wanted to see him having sex with someone; it didn’t have to be her, it could be anybody. It would be beautiful just to watch him. She knew these were the kind of thoughts that made her different from other people in …

Review of 'Normal People' on 'LibraryThing'

At seventy minutes Aidan Kennedy brought the ball up the left side of the pitch and crossed it over to Connell, who took a shot from the corner of the penalty area, over the heads of the defenders, and it spun into the back of the net. Everyone screamed, even Marianne, and Karen threw her arm around Marianne’s waist and squeezed it. They were cheering together, they had seen something magical which dissolved the ordinary social relations between them. Miss Keaney was whistling and stamping her feet. On the pitch Connell and Aidan embraced like reunited brothers. Connell was so beautiful. It occurred to Marianne how much she wanted to see him having sex with someone; it didn’t have to be her, it could be anybody. It would be beautiful just to watch him. She knew these were the kind of thoughts that made her different from other people in …
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