I read this a little while ago and I still don't quite know what made it so enjoyable.
I picked this book up completely on impulse, having never read anything by Sally Rooney before and not having heard of this story Normal People. There was something about the cover which just really interested me.
Immediately I found the first pages somewhat addictive. Nothing I could put a finger on, but I was really interested to see what would happen in the story. Maybe it was the lack of quotation marks.
Quite early on in the story there were a few scenes I had to skip over, because I don't want to be reading things like that. Luckily they weren't long scenes or anything, and it was quite easy to avoid them.
What is the story about? Well, just that, Normal People. Honestly I don't know exactly what made it so intensely readable. Maybe it was the immediate connection I felt with both Connell and Marianne, and the fact that I was rooting so hard for them both.
This book dealt with some really deep subjects, about social class and how in reality it is so unimportant, and how much our actions can affect another person.
I've got to admit, I wasn't a particular fan of the way the ending was written, all the talk about Marianne being reclaimed or whatever. That could have been written better. But I guess it kind of made sense under the circumstances.
I don't know whether I'll read another of Sally Rooney's books. I don't even know what else she has written. Maybe one is enough.