My Rating: 2.5
At school in Ireland, Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He’s popular and well-adjusted, star of the school soccer team while she is lonely, proud, and intensely private. But when Connell comes to pick his mother up from her housekeeping job at Marianne’s house, a strange and indelible connection grows between the two teenagers—one they are determined to conceal.
I am shocked that this was a nominee for the Man Booker's Prize. Although it was well written, the dysfunctional characters were not likable. It is a very sad and depressing novel with a flat storyline.
At school in Ireland, Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He’s popular and well-adjusted, star of the school soccer team while she is lonely, proud, and intensely private. But when Connell comes to pick his mother up from her housekeeping job at Marianne’s house, a strange and indelible connection grows between the two teenagers—one they are determined to conceal.
I am shocked that this was a nominee for the Man Booker's Prize. Although it was well written, the dysfunctional characters were not likable. It is a very sad and depressing novel with a flat storyline.
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