I have mixed feelings about this book, which is why I’m rating it right in the middle.

Starting with the positives, it really does feel like a conversation with a friend. I was off put by the lack of quotation marks at first, but once I got used to it I found that it added a lot of complexity to the tone of Frances character and her personal thought processes. It allowed me to see myself more within the story, as if I was another fly on the wall in all these different settings.

I found the resolutions to the stories unsatisfying. The last 20 pages seemed to rush things along a bit, and the beginning took what seemed like forever to get through to get to the juicy parts. It took me longer to read this than my normal reads.

Overall I am glad I read it, and it has peaked my interest into Sally Rooney as a writer. However, I don’t think it lined up the hype.