Normal People - [6/10]

 

I'll make it clear that I may be biased in this as I've never had a proper relationship or fallen in love before, but this was a very frustrating story. I think it was written beautifully, the emotions evoked and the imagery / feelings that were described were great, but the actual plot and the characters decisions were silly to me. I'm taking a very logical approach to a romance novel, but I feel like there was a lot of bullshit that could be sorted out with just a couple of sentences. The ending was also so unsatisfying, and yes, I fully understand that this book is about life, and life doesn't have a happy ending and everything doesn't turn out how we want to etc... but I go to a book or a story to escape that for a bit, not to be reminded of it. That could be the intention of this book, or even the genre which I am fairly new to. I am keen to read more romance novels, as the perspectives of relationships and the dynamics within them was quite interesting, especially the whole theme of the balance of power within it.

Author: Sally Rooney

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