Conversations With Friends
Sally Rooney
It’s Sunday afternoon and I’ve been working on this novel, here and there, for 5 Days. At page 193, I decided to call it quits.
Conversations With Friends follows Frances, a young woman studying in Dublin, as finds herself involved with a married man. Frances and Bobbi, France’s ex-girlfriend and still best friend, meet Melissa at a poetry night where they were performing. Melissa, a photographer, enjoys their performance and wants to write a piece on them. Melissa invites Frances and Bobbi to her house. Over time, Frances finds herself involved in an affair with Melissa’s husband, Nick. This leads, obviously, to some awkward conversations and interactions.
While the writing was quite good, and the reason I made it as far as I did, the story fell flat for me. It seemed that none of the characters were growing or learning anything and the interactions felt repetitive. I became bored, quite frankly.
Conversations With Friends has several 4 and 5 star reviews, however I did not find that I could relate. It just wasn’t the story for me.