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Normal People by Sally Rooney
4.0

maybe its bc im mentally ill and relate to marianne in certain aspects (the part where she always questions if somebody actually loves her) but i did genuinely enjoy this book....it was written for the overthinkers and i think for normal people (haha) you would just think it was frustrating (looking at the 1 star reviews i think im right) and it was !!

i think i finally understand how someone on the outside can feel so frustrated at two people (or sometimes just one person) for how quickly and impulsively they can ruin something good for them by overthinking, but of course, being an overthinker myself, i understood connell and especially marianne's thought processes.

-1 star bc the ending was......i get the artistic choice behind it but i felt abandoned