Thoughts after reading Normal People by Sally Rooney
Normal people seem to be a cliche love story if you just read the introduction at the back of the book cover: a young couple getting together, breaking up, getting together again, breaking up again and finally getting back together.
The writing style is simple and plain, a bit like Hemingway, but all phrases appear to have deeper meanings behind them. They are quite elusive, philosophical, and even a little psychotic, like the humanity of Connell and Marianne.
They look to be lack of passion in life, and indifferent to all judgy people around them. But I could feel that quiet anxiety and depressive mood lying behind, and they probably reveals all the voices that are repressed inside everyone. We in this modern world are living in a very restrained way, to be honest. Oftentimes we chat, laugh and seem very much relaxed and chill, but a sense of alienation always creeps into our mind, secretively.
And here are some parts I find interesting in this book:
Marianne’s hatred towards school, Connel’s view on literary events, and their after-making-love-debate on social issues regarding capitalism, racism, communism, and gender issue.
