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Intermezzo
by

Sally Rooney (Goodreads Author)

Will Thornton's review

Jun 05, 2024

did not like it

I’m sorry but I had to drop this, I got 100 pages in and couldn’t bear it any longer. It’s just so god-damn overwritten. Every page feels like smashing your head into a brick wall of pointless metaphors and introspections. I don’t know when Sally Rooney forgot about ‘show don’t tell’, but Jesus Christ has she.

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Reading Progress

June 3, 2024 – Started Reading

June 3, 2024 – Shelved

June 5, 2024 – Finished Reading

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message 1: by Marie (new) - rated it 2 stars

Sep 28, 2024 10:42AM

Thank god it wasn’t just me !!!

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message 2: by Happy (new) - rated it 1 star

Oct 08, 2024 11:34AM

Me too, only making it to page 11, sentences with 4 words...not me

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message 3: by Cymru (new) - rated it 1 star

Oct 08, 2024 01:25PM

I think I'm there right now, but in terms of metaphors, I have to look closer but I don't think I noticed any similes at all (which could be ok) and there is no metaphorical or figurative language at all. And as for introspection, there's a lot of interior monologue but I dont see much introspection. I mean everyone thinks, but is everyone introspective?

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message 4: by Ashley (new) - rated it 1 star

Oct 25, 2024 02:04PM

I agree! I got to page 124 and it was so slow, droning on with words that just talk in circles about nothing. So disappointing I was excited to read this but couldn’t get through any longer had to DROP

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message 5: by Morgan (new) - rated it 2 stars

Nov 12, 2024 12:17PM