Laura
I liked how fast paced it was and the chapter change from „Then“ and „Now“ were great cause both stories were gripping. About halfway trough it gets pretty predictable but still very enjoyable. It's over all pretty fucked up but i loved it ngl.
‘Twas a very comfortable read lol. I enjoyed the story but I just couldn't sympathize with the characters at all. The only one I thoroughly agreed with was Truman, who was in the book for ,like a page or two. I don't think the annoying characters took away from the story though.
I loved this book and all the perfectly beautiful Quotes and small things you take from it but I don't know what the actual point of the story was. There wasn't really a plot and some parts were a little unnecessary to the storyline but it definitely stuck with me and is very worth reading.
That bitch dragged on like the presidential debate. Literally what the fuck. I loved the idea of the story but you could just skip entire chapters and still be perfectly aware of whats going on. Very unsatisfying.
This book feels like a fucked up dream you had where nothing made sense and you don't really remember it but you're trying to retell it while having no clue how anything relates to anything. Still I gotta hand it to Ottessa, it was really entertaining.
As Always have I fallen head to toe in love with Sally's writing and of course, the characters she introduces.
This was a light and fast read and im sure there's some moral to this story but it's confusing as hell. Over all enjoyable though.
I loved this book. I know it's fiction but to get an at least partially realistic, behind the scenes look at what theater/ a scandal in the public eye might be like was very interesting. I think about this book a lot and I definitely think everyone should read it.
I don't know how much of this I understood the way it ought to be understood. But what I interpreted was beautiful.
I'm a little confused with what I should take from this story but i enjoyed it lmao.
Even though I found the constant use of ‘or something, really depressing, and all' annoying in the beginning I definitively enjoyed this book. The way he says ‘I could've done that but I didn't feel like it' resonated with me a lot. Or the way he got really sad at little things and how overall frustrated he was with simply existing and ‘phonies' made me like the character. I think I hated him at first because I saw a lot of my behaviour in the character.
I really loved this. It was equally entertaining as it was interesting/informative and factual. It's nice and short but i wished there was more. I really recommend reading it.
‘If you were only meant to be beautiful, we wouldn't have put you down here in the dirt.' I loved every second of this.
I really really loved this book. I related to this story in many ways and it made me feel so incredibly connected to the characters like I was a part of their brain. I almost ran out of sticky notes because there are so many brilliant quotes in there. I think I don't know enough words to describe how incredible this book is. I just urge you to read it.
This is one of the books (like for me the Picture of Dorian Gray) in that I couldn't highlight anything specific because the entire book is an experience. I really really loved every part of it. The characters, the plot, the writing, absolutely everything.
I liked this. It kinda dragged on in some parts because you have to basically study archeology to understand it all. But it was really interesting and scary over all.
I really didn't think the story could get sadder than the movie told it but towards the end it just showed me how many aspects of it I took for granted. When I tell you I was crying. I usually despise romance but I absolutely adored every second of it. If passion and overthinking were a book this would be it.
Sally Rooney has a way of writing very engagingly. I never once felt bored or like it could be shorter. I like how (for me at least) the writing/ thought process of the characters were realistic and sometimes very overreactive displaying what high of a mountain our temper can climb when we're angry/ sad. I loved the way it ended. Elaborating would have spoiled it. Found some of the tropes repeated in Normal People but I think it fit quite nicely. I definitely recommend reading it.
I absolutely adore this book. My brother gave this to me for my birthday and I for some reason put it off for a few months. The writing is so compelling and I found the characters very lovable and funny. There was no moment in which I was bored with it. I also love how unpredictable it is until the last second. I didn't expect things to go as they did but I'm very pleasantly surprised with the ending even though I could quite literally puke. It left me sick and shaky. Exactly what you'd want from a story like this one. I recommend it with all my heart.
I was kinda disappointed to be quite honest, since I heard so much praise of this book. I think the beginning builds up too much tension for so little actually happening. I love this book very much and all the wise and comedic aspects of it but it dragged on too long for my taste at least.
I think the storyline was pretty decent. It just was about 150 pages to long. There were many parts in the book in which I dreaded reading it because it got so boring and off track. Overall it's worth reading though and it definitely left an impression on me.