I am genuinely so conflicted about my rating.
Honestly, this review might be me ranting about the book and the format. :)

First things first, I absolutely loathed her writing style.
Almost quit reading the book from page 10. It isn't only that she doesn't use quotation marks, but the format also sucks. The paragraphs line up endlessly, and one of the first things we learn when learning to write a story (or any longer sections of text) is to divide the texts into short paragraphs. Sally Rooney needs to head back into high school.

Secondly, the story is so boring, dull, basic, mundane, monotone .... uninteresting and literally every single character is the same. "Oh no, life isn't fantastic all of the time," "oh no, I am almost thirty and not in a glorious job with a husband and kid," "oh no, I have too much money and can't use it all because I am so depressed."

The only reason this book gets four stars is that it made me think about the meaning of life and what the hell I am working towards on the entire 12-hour journey back home from vacation.