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# Conversations with Friends: A Novel

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Review: Nuanced Characterization and Early Twenties Shenanigans - I got on the Sally Rooney train after reading Normal People, and I've read every single book she's put out since then. I adore her stream of consciousness style of writing and I find all her stories to be such wonderful character studies. If there's anything this woman can do, it's write a character that is so, so, annoying but tragically relatable. Her debut novel, Conversations with Friends, perfectly encapsulates that feeling. The story follows two women in their twenties who get involved with an older 'cool' married couple, illustrating the age old adage of "No, you don't get it, they're not right for each other and we are!!" It's a tired trope, but people fall for it all the time in real life so it makes sense. In this book, however, it's more interesting because you have the main characters' thoughts at all times, so it's easy to empathize and, as the reader, you do. It's a great story, honestly. It really captures the chaos and bad decision making that is your twenties, in a way the feels interesting and sad and tragic and cool- all the things I thought I was in my twenties lol I think the main reason you should read it though is because Sally Rooney always has a lot of really intelligent and interesting things to say and this book is full of those things. Read it!
Review: A great, easy yet enjoyable read. - A novel highlighting the reality that relationships are often much more complicated than we can prepare ourselves for. Sally Rooney has a poetic writing style that creates a vivid experience and, at the same time, allows for a very natural read. It does start out a bit slow and very ambiguous; however, once I got through the first three or so chapters, I could not put it down. I kept with it, and I am glad I did! Although it is written from the main character Frances' singular perspective, you become introduced to the other main characters from the beginning. They become more and more defined and, the way the story progresses adds suspense and realistic layers that exist in all relationships. I did become slightly apprehensive due to some of the more descriptive explicit content. With that said, it was not overly egregious and did not take away from the overall enjoyment of the novel. Sally Rooney did a fantastic job of capturing the confusion, heartache, and complicated reality of falling in and defining love.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #17,225 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #172 in Coming of Age Fiction (Books) #586 in Contemporary Women Fiction #689 in Literary Fiction (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars (43,537) |
| Dimensions  | 5.15 x 0.71 x 7.96 inches |
| Edition  | Reprint |
| ISBN-10  | 0451499069 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0451499066 |
| Item Weight  | 2.31 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 336 pages |
| Publication date  | August 7, 2018 |
| Publisher  | Crown |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nuanced Characterization and Early Twenties Shenanigans
*by D***O on September 29, 2023*

I got on the Sally Rooney train after reading Normal People, and I've read every single book she's put out since then. I adore her stream of consciousness style of writing and I find all her stories to be such wonderful character studies. If there's anything this woman can do, it's write a character that is so, so, annoying but tragically relatable. Her debut novel, Conversations with Friends, perfectly encapsulates that feeling. The story follows two women in their twenties who get involved with an older 'cool' married couple, illustrating the age old adage of "No, you don't get it, they're not right for each other and we are!!" It's a tired trope, but people fall for it all the time in real life so it makes sense. In this book, however, it's more interesting because you have the main characters' thoughts at all times, so it's easy to empathize and, as the reader, you do. It's a great story, honestly. It really captures the chaos and bad decision making that is your twenties, in a way the feels interesting and sad and tragic and cool- all the things I thought I was in my twenties lol I think the main reason you should read it though is because Sally Rooney always has a lot of really intelligent and interesting things to say and this book is full of those things. Read it!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A great, easy yet enjoyable read.
*by @***G on August 2, 2020*

A novel highlighting the reality that relationships are often much more complicated than we can prepare ourselves for. Sally Rooney has a poetic writing style that creates a vivid experience and, at the same time, allows for a very natural read. It does start out a bit slow and very ambiguous; however, once I got through the first three or so chapters, I could not put it down. I kept with it, and I am glad I did! Although it is written from the main character Frances' singular perspective, you become introduced to the other main characters from the beginning. They become more and more defined and, the way the story progresses adds suspense and realistic layers that exist in all relationships. I did become slightly apprehensive due to some of the more descriptive explicit content. With that said, it was not overly egregious and did not take away from the overall enjoyment of the novel. Sally Rooney did a fantastic job of capturing the confusion, heartache, and complicated reality of falling in and defining love.

### ⭐⭐⭐ Frustrating Protagonist
*by G***M on June 5, 2024*

Frances is 21 years old, works at a job she is not at all engaged with and almost would seem to prefer to not have, goes to college, and performs her spoken word poetry with her best friend/ex-girlfriend Bobbi at night. The latter has gotten enough attention to draw into their orbit Melissa, a 30something writer and photographer who wants to profile them, and her husband Nick, a working actor who has found only minor success. While Melissa and Bobbi hit it off, Frances and Nick develop a connection of their own and it’s not too long before they wind up in bed together. This doesn’t feel like a spoiler, as it is very obvious that it’s going to end up there. This obviously has reverberations for Frances’s relationships with both Bobbi and Melissa. Sally Rooney is one of those authors that has a devoted following, so I was really excited to start reading her work with this, her debut novel. But if I’m being honest, I didn’t really understand the fuss. This is a character book, which I’m inclined to like, but without a character I found compelling. Frances is a frustrating protagonist. Not because she’s aimless or sleeps with someone else’s husband or is trying to figure out who she is, but because she’s just not very interesting while she’s doing all of that. I didn’t find her unlikeable, I just found her boring. I found myself wondering why and even if I was supposed to care about her or her connections with Nick, Bobbi, and Melissa. I had a hard time understanding how a person seemingly so empty and detached could write poetry that was engaging enough to get anyone’s attention. What kept my interest was the quality of the prose. Rooney’s writing is subtle, and she has a real knack for dialogue and descriptions. Her words are clearly deliberately chosen but she never slides into flowery language. Her use of language alone makes me want to read her other books, but I hope they’re better than this one.

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