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woooahhhh, can I talk to someone about this book? I accidentally took it on a trip with me to visit my Grandpa and I had no idea it was going to be so SEXY. I usually loath romance/erotic novels but there was something about this one, I was genuinely turned on in a way a book has never done to me. The characters were very interesting but I also found myself having beef with Eve, the main character. Was the author trying to say Eve was stupid for falling for Nathan's vain and privileged views or was she trying to say that she was noble for admitting all her selfish and vain faults and identifying with Nathan? Was Lillian trying to be like Nathan or succumb to Nathan so she could accept herself? I actually didn't think Nathan was that bad until the end and I realized he really did suck. The ending kind of bummed me out. There was a crazy build up and then it was meh. The character of Olivia was really hard to understand and I found her frustrating but I think that was the point. I did enjoy the book a lot and I thought the writing was skillful. What did you guys think?
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today i spent an hour on chat gpt trying to find the name of this book that i thought iād lost or lent out by accident. Ai couldnāt figure it out but later when my friend came over she pulled it immediately off the shelf. i blame my hangoverā¦.
cool kinda smutty novel exploring power dynamics between folks in an open relationshipā¦ exploring queer sexuality. good for bisexuals feeling at odds with their identity.
idk honestly i need to reread but i know i loved it and was really upset at the idea of having lost it or never being able to find it again
Jun 30, 2024
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A very popular book, but if you havent read it yet... I recommend it.
Devoured it in a few hours first time I read it. The way the characters view relationships is very in line with my own. To the point where since reading it I have a relationship with a similar dynamic since (don't know if I recommend that). The point of the book, to me, has always been to showcase the difference forms love can take on, even when the feelings are unchanging.
Other than that Sally Rooney is just a really good writer, is tapped into interesting discourses which she weaves into her stories, and she knows how to make a character problematic in ways that feel relatable and honest instead of foreign or scary. + i just really like stories about 20-something-year-olds being themselves, figuring shit out without much plot holding it together.
My best friend gave it a 1/5 stars on Goodreads bc she thought everyone was boring and whiny sooo like.. it's not for everyone maybe.
May 18, 2025
I loved Normal People and seems like everything I read from Sally Rooney after that just fell flat. Highly unlikeable characters, ok plot. I didnāt hold my breath for Intermezzo, but wow. Might be her best book yet. She writes the way I think about things, which can always be jarring when youāre starting one of her books, but eventually it feels like sheās in your head, transcribing your thoughts as you look around the made up world she creates.
I find it hard to relate to male characters, but she finds the humanity in everyone and I was tearing up towards the end.
I feel like sheās been getting tons of criticism lately for writing āboringā stories, people saying they DNFd her books, but I devoured Intermezzo.
Jan 4, 2025
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