![]() ![]() I just could not stand reading about on-off relationship of these young damaged adults while such important matters like domestic abuse, depression and mental health in general were hugely overlooked. It became repetitive, then it became boring. The very notion of the two people, seemingly perfect for each other, ruining each other's lives over and over again drove me mad. Nice enough writing and observations but somewhat dull and infantile. Throughout the book I kept thinking why, why is this not working for me? Why I'm becoming more and more annoyed? Why don't I care? Why? Maybe because I am no longer a target audience of the book. ![]() almost hurt I experienced while reading "Normal People". I'm feeling tired just thinking about explaining myself and the annoyance, disappointment and. I can't wait to see what she does next."įor me it was a no (a NO!!!). The Guardian praised it as "a future classic".Įlif Batuman, author of my favourite "The Idiot" said: "I couldn't put "Normal People" down - I didn't think I could love it as much as "Conversations with Friends", but I did. The Times called it "the best novel published this year". ![]()
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