Mentions (17)
"Book by writer that's currently popular among women (sally rooney, otessa moshfegh, A Little Life, etc.) ✅"
"Doesn't feel like a sally rooney novel, feels more like being punched in the face everyday. Dreading the day he brings over a girl and I will have to put the noise cancelling headphones on and cry myself to sleep."
"She's never read any Didion outside of that one 'on self respect' essay and genuinely I Don't know what she loves so much about her since she does not know her, but she buys very specific covers of her books for her clear glass coffee table and reposts lots of 'books for ____ girls' videos that alwa"
"IF there is a sensitive young man, he is a) support character/love interest to the female lead and b)buff/hot as fuck (a combination which rarely happens in real life, essentially marking him as a fantasy character). I'm primarily thinking of Sally Rooney books and their clones FWIW."
"The most popular 'booktubers' in the Anglosphere are millennials who are very very conversant in the field of YA, problematise YA books, collect hardback copies of YA books, etc. If it isn't this then it's graphic novels or a few token volumes of the most middlebrow literary fiction possible (Rooney"
"Sally Rooney, Mark O'Connell, Colin Barrett, Kevin Barry, Naoise Dolan, Claire Keegan, Paul Lynch -- most came up through the indie writing scene, and all are now producing first-rate work for global audiences."
"Sally Rooney's writing is engaging and light so I was never bored while reading it, the dialogues are snappy and often feel like ping-pong matches which, again, make it an easier read, and I can appreciate Rooney's portrayal of teen/young-adult romance and drama in a non-condescending way."
"Every millennial and zoomer author desperately wants to underline their victim status and write about nothing but their "unique" story (see, Sally Rooney), but Ottessa is a refreshingly singular Gen X voice in a milieu of Instagram-infographic-brained morons."
"I don't care that much about the Conversations with friends show (found it underwhelming), but I somehow wound up reading some of the most depressing commentary on it. I love this brand of misogyny that says white women don't deserve to write or be written about, and that only virtuous good people /"
"Regardless of whether or not you enjoy Rooney's work, the interview is one of the best accounts I've read of the nuts-and-bolts mechanics of experimentation and decision-making that make up the writing process. Rooney goes into detail on the sorts of technical dilemmas and decisions, both analytical"
"The funniest thing I've read on this dumb sub is still someone describing Sally Rooney's appearance as "neanderthal miscegenation". An impeccable instance of tossed off snark yet to be topped."
"I recently read some pages of the Sally Rooney books and a preview of the relaxed girl's new book. I generally avoid modern fiction, but I feel I ought to try make an effort. Maybe I'm poisoned from reading old novels, but the prose in these is so very flat. These ladies have mastered the rhythm of "
"Every millennial and zoomer author desperately wants to underline their victim status and write about nothing but their 'unique' story (see, Sally Rooney)"
"I don't care that much about the Conversations with friends show (found it underwhelming), but I somehow wound up reading some of the most depressing commentary on it."
"This Sally Rooney interview by Rosa Lyster is excellent. Regardless of whether or not you enjoy Rooney's work, the interview is one of the best accounts I've read of the nuts-and-bolts mechanics of experimentation and decision-making that make up the writing process."
"The funniest thing I've read on this dumb sub is still someone describing Sally Rooney's appearance as "neanderthal miscegenation"."
"I recently read some pages of the Sally Rooney books and a preview of the relaxed girl's new book. I generally avoid modern fiction, but I feel I ought to try make an effort. Maybe I'm poisoned from reading old novels, but the prose in these is so very flat. These ladies have mastered the rhythm of "