Deep Cuts

HELL YES.

This is what I wanted Normal People to be. The genius of this book really snuck up on me and this novel turned out to be SO satisfying. I loved that I could feel the tone of the novel and voice of the narrator change/grow/evolve in time with the character (which should happen but sometimes doesn’t).

I loved that-despite not really liking any of the characters at first-I was rooting for all of them at the end. I also really loved that the author managed to take such a frustrating “romance” trope and somehow not make me feel frustrated. She didn’t lean into miscommunication or genuinely stupid characters to drive the issues between the main characters and that was very rewarding. The dynamics in this book all felt very realistic to me. And the timing of everything was so right and felt so natural. This is such a perfect coming of age (like frontal lobe development) novel for adults (coming from a 23 year old lol).

I loved this book. And what a perfect ending.