A review by gvstyris
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

dark reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Gradually these situations arise, she can see that now, just one step after another, and by the time a few weeks or months have passed, your life is no longer recognizable. You are lying to almost everyone you know. You have come to care too passionately, too fully and completely, for an unsuitable person. You can no longer visualize your own future: not only five years from now, but five months, even five weeks. Everything is in disarray. All this for one person, for the relation that exists between you.

I have quite a complicated relationship with Sally Rooney, but was pleasantly surprised by how much this one struck a cord with me…particularly Ivan’s musings and the fundamental tensions Peter grapples with. I’m also halfway in love with Sylvia myself, man.