Just finished reading this (well, audiobooking it) and just think it's her best yet - really great characters and full of compassion. The ending made me weep. Anyone else read it (or any of her stuff)?
I’ve read Normal People and Conversations with Friends, loved both of them, but I’ve seen mixed reviews for her latest one. However if you’re saying it’s good I’ll give it a go as I trust your taste in books!
This review doesn't really contain spoilers but captures what I loved about it:
"What makes Rooney so electrically compelling is the way she sticks with a scene and draws it out, often just the delicate dance of talk between two people in a room (although not just talking, given the characters tumble into bed pretty much every 50 pages). Indeed, the greatest drama here comes from conversations taking place under the pressure of life-changing events in the novel’s prehistory. Not only the obviously big ones, like Sylvia’s accident, but also things like Ivan, still in his teens, silently walking away in fearful confusion when his brother, 10 years his elder, needed a shoulder to cry on. The reader always feels different layers of grief at play – buried pain exhumed by fresh hurt – in a way that rings stingingly true to life."
Ok I’m convinced 👍🏻
Just finished reading this (well, audiobooking it) and just think it's her best yet - really great characters and full of compassion. The ending made me weep. Anyone else read it (or any of her stuff)?
Coincidence, just about to start it after finishing one tonight. No spoilers please.
Will be reading it alongside a non-fiction book The Power and the Glory: A New History of the World Cup by Jonathan Wilson. Half way through and it's a fascinating insight into the political backdrop behind each tournament. The football bit is pretty good but a world history of the last 100 years makes it better.
I haven't got a clue about footy David (which makes life difficult living in Liverpool) but even I think that sounds like an interesting read!
