Book · 2019 · Fiction
Normal People
A Novel
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If you haven't read her she's just a treat.
What they say about it
- Discussed on The Book Review8
The best things said about it
There's Michael and Don's warl and Sally Rooney's normal people which I've heard incredible things about.
She followed it up with a mega bestseller Normal People which was made into a very successful television show.
There's a description where she describes rain is coins of silver in the air.
Where and when it comes up
Mentions per year
How it comes up
5 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Normal People by Sally Rooney is a bestselling contemporary novel that chronicles the complex, evolving relationship between two Irish teenagers, Marianne and Connell, as they navigate class differences and university life. On The Book Review, Dwight Garner and Pamela Paul reviewed and recapped the novel, praising the author's writing as a treat. On EconTalk, Tiffany Jenkins brought up the book to illustrate privacy within a relationship. Alexandra Alter mentioned hearing incredible things about the title on The Book Review, where Dwight Garner also recalled the work as part of a memorable reading stretch. Brandon Taylor joined the podcast to discuss the Sally Rooney phenomenon, noting that the novel followed her debut as a mega-bestseller and was adapted into a successful television show. Taylor also cited a descriptive example from the text where rain is compared to coins of silver in the air to illustrate the author's distinct literary style. Throughout these discussions, the book is celebrated for its precise psychological observations, emotional depth, and realistic portrayal of youth, intimacy, and social alienation in modern Ireland.
Every mention
Dwight Garner and now she has a new novel called normal people and if you haven't read her she's just a treat 2
“I think it was the new Sally Rooney novel normal people”
“and now she has a new novel called normal people and if you haven't read her she's just a treat”
Pamela Paul Dwight you reviewed uh Sally R's new novel it's called normal people Jen Robert Caro's new book called work… 2
“conversations with friends or normal people”
“Dwight you reviewed uh Sally R's new novel it's called normal people Jen Robert Caro's new book called working and parl lean Herbert's book The House of the pain of others”
Brandon Taylor Sally Rooney is a young Irish writer who burst onto the scene with her debut novel conversations with frien… 3
“Sally Rooney is a young Irish writer who burst onto the scene with her debut novel conversations with friends a few years ago now and then she followed it up with a mega bestseller normal people which was made into a very successful television show”
“you know I think in normal people there's a description where she describes rain is coins of silver in the air”
“I think in the first two books normal people and conversations with friends they were written I think at the same time almost”
Alexandra Alter there's Michael and Don's warl and Sally Rooney's normal people which I've heard incredible things about 1
“there's Michael and Don's warl and Sally Rooney's normal people which I've heard incredible things about”
Tiffany Jenkins There's a very nice thing um there's a very nice um moment in Sally Rooney's book um ordinary people. Is th… 1
“There's a very nice thing um there's a very nice um moment in Sally Rooney's book um ordinary people. Is that the right title?”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (7: passing, ad reads, own books)
“And this is when I when I started reading this, I was like, "Oh my god, it's going to be like normal people but better."”
“It's for if you love books like Normal People or anything by Sally Rooney, you're going to love this book.”
“you read conversations and normal people yes”
“so that's three books one forthcoming from Brandon Taylor and three books by Sally Rooney they are conversations with friends normal people and her latest beautiful world where are you”
“she followed it up just this year or late last year with normal people that's now being made into a TV show”
“she has another book out now called normal people”
“then she has a new book coming out this spring called normal people and it's again getting quite a lot of attention”