![]() ![]() Or to hope that Conversations with Friends is adapted into a tv series that is perfect as the Normal People's adaptation. Now I've just got to eagerly await Sally Rooney's next novel. In fact, I think it says a lot that she is able to write about ‘normal’ people living ‘normal’ lives and yet she can make them so captivating that you’re happy to read an entire novel about them.Ī beautifully written, powerful novel that tackles the messy reality of adulthood, friendships and love with a rawness that many other novels don't have the courage to take on. ![]() But their lack of chemistry, coupled with the absence of. It’s still a notch or two above your average romantic drama and. If Oliver and Alwyn were as strong a pairing, perhaps Conversations With Friends would have skirted the pitfalls of adapting Rooney. But it's a narrative style that works well for Sally's style of writing. Conversations is dutifully faithful to Rooney’s prose, as Normal People was, but that means it suffers from the same flaws, too. As a result, not much really 'happens' throughout and a lot of the scenes could be described as mundane. Much like with Normal People, Conversations with Friends is more character driven than it is plot driven. ![]() A review of Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney:Ĭonversations with Friends follows friends, Frances and Bobbi, as they navigate adulthood, and all of the challenges that it brings with it. ![]()
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