English language
Published Dec. 27, 2017
Conversations with Friends is the 2017 debut novel by the Irish author Sally Rooney. The novel was published by Faber and Faber.
Well-written for sure (5 stars). It put some nicks in my general sense of hope in what relationships can be. But one of the things I loved about the story was the coverage of people at the alexithymia end of emotional range. Helped me develop more empathy for flat affect.
I was hooked, particularly by the incredible level of sassiness of the main character.
Ahhh, devoured it! Such a nice book to read. An intriguing story with weird turns (two 21 year olds vacationing in south France with people 10 years their senior??) and quite interesting (progressive, left, right up my alley) political conversations.
Sally Rooney once again presents a main character that - like Marianne in Normal People - is highly intellectual and lacks a sense of self-worth. What both books also have in common is that you, as a reader, observe the trainwreck from the outside and can't look away. Sally Rooney is very good at portraying how we create different realities in our heads based on our preconceptions of the other/ourselves/the world. And in this case, you see Frances interpreting it all WRONG and suffering because of it because she has ISSUES and you CANT stop her from herself.
Tbh it was a bit scary how much I could relate to …
Ahhh, devoured it! Such a nice book to read. An intriguing story with weird turns (two 21 year olds vacationing in south France with people 10 years their senior??) and quite interesting (progressive, left, right up my alley) political conversations.
Sally Rooney once again presents a main character that - like Marianne in Normal People - is highly intellectual and lacks a sense of self-worth. What both books also have in common is that you, as a reader, observe the trainwreck from the outside and can't look away. Sally Rooney is very good at portraying how we create different realities in our heads based on our preconceptions of the other/ourselves/the world. And in this case, you see Frances interpreting it all WRONG and suffering because of it because she has ISSUES and you CANT stop her from herself.
Tbh it was a bit scary how much I could relate to her sometimes, but then again I myself am creating my own reality based on my very biased conception of myself. So modulate your reality hunny!
I enjoyed reading this novel; the relationships between the characters and the development of the characters were absolutely interesting, although not very sophisticated. I loved how Nick and Frances made each other happy and Bobbi is definitely an original character. However, I did miss the use of quotation marks and at the point in the novel where things ended with Nick, the story became very depressing, which I didn’t like. Fortunately this turned around quickly and the open ending was nice.
