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Conversations with Friends

Fiction & Poetry, Modern & Contemporary Fiction
Paperback Published on: 01/03/2018
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Conversations with Friends
Addictive, brilliant novel
A book that you physically find yourself pining for when it’s finished, I was entirely engrossed in the relationship between Frances and Nick and their oth... READ MORE
Abigail@PlymouthDrake
Conversations with Friends
Highly recommend!
Honest, engaging, raw, insightful & really quite heart-breaking at times. Loved this book and would highly recommend.
Ali, Bookseller at Chichester
Conversations with Friends
Disappointing after Normal People
I absolutely loved Normal People, however conversations with friends just didn’t do it for me. My friends and colleagues absolutely love it but I really st... READ MORE
Amy Sweet
Conversations with Friends
Poignant, intelligent and poetic
A couple of weeks ago, I decided to read Sally Rooney’s three books back to back in order of publication. I thought it would be really interesting to see h... READ MORE
Ronnie Turner - Bookseller
Conversations with Friends
thought provoking and peaceful in its uncanny telling of real life
I adore Rooney’s writing style. She describes reality and people with such accuracy seemingly effortlessly. Her writing is beautiful in it’s clarity. Someo... READ MORE
Myah Rose

Synopsis

Shortlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize 2018

Longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2018

Winner of the 2017 Sunday Times/Peters Fraser Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award

Frances, Bobbi, Nick and Melissa ask each other endless questions. As their relationships unfold, in person and online, they discuss sex and friendship, art and literature, politics and gender, and, of course, one another.

Twenty-one-year-old Frances is at the heart of it all, bringing us this tale of a complex menage-a-quatre and her affair with Nick, an older married man.

You can read Conversations with Friends as a romantic comedy, or you can read it as a feminist text.

You can read it as a book about infidelity, about the pleasures and difficulties of intimacy, or about how our minds think about our bodies.

However you choose to read it, it is an unforgettable novel about the possibility of love.

Described by the New York Times as a ‘new kind of adultery novel’, Conversations with Friends is also sharp, bitingly funny fiction that digs deep into identity and communication; slicing into the divide between who we are, and who we present ourselves to be. Hooking a reader from the first page, this modern love story about growing up and the infinite complexities of intimacy is a masterful debut from a major new talent.

  • Publisher: Faber & Faber
  • ISBN: 9780571333134
  • Number of pages: 352
  • Weight: 292g
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 21 mm

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Conversations with Friends
Unfortunately I just couldn't relate to any of the characters
Bobbi and Frances met at secondary school. They used to be a couple but are now close friends. Frances is a poet. They girls performed their first spoken w... READ MORE
Ros B
Conversations with Friends
Decent
Definitely enjoyed this, but if I'm honest, not quite as good as the hype would have you believe.
Jo Dillon
Conversations with Friends
It's a Weird One
I can't tell whether I enjoyed this or not. On one hand Sally Rooney's writing style of effortless. I easily found myself dipping in and out on the way to ... READ MORE
Imogen King
Conversations with Friends
Wonderful
Sally Rooney’s characters in this book are so relatable to young women that it allows you to become them. I literally couldn’t put this book down. A must r... READ MORE
Bess Langford
Conversations with Friends
Amazing
A book I for sure never wanted to put down. It seemed so real and at times so intriguing and emotional, I was in love with this book. The twist and what no... READ MORE
Nina
Conversations with Friends
A little sad that I’ve finished it...
I haven’t read a book like this in ages. It was the type of book that you have in the back of your mind all day and look forward to going to bed to find ou... READ MORE
Hayley  Allsopp
Conversations with Friends
Just Brilliant
This is such a brilliant book, Sally Rooney is an extraordinary author!
Courtney Betts
Conversations with Friends
phenomenal!!
Sally Rooney creates characters that we need to see. The novel's unrelenting truth sings throughout making this a painful, but necessary read.
Ellen Ruddell
Conversations with Friends
A Modern Read About Complicated Relationships which was difficult to Read - Petra Doherty
It was really nice to read a book written by an Irish female author. However, the book was an ok read and for me not my normal type of read. I found it v... READ MORE
Petra Doherty
Conversations with Friends
One of the best books I’ve read!!
I finished the book in two days! After watching Normal People I bought both books and I loved it! I cried at the end and thought it was such an easy, enjoy... READ MORE
Charlotte  Thompson
Conversations with Friends
after reading
Would recommended
Daisy he
Conversations with Friends
goood
Worth the time to read
Daisy he
Conversations with Friends
Better than the TV adaptation
I watched Normal People and then read the book - I preferred the TV show. However, the reverse happened here. I watched the TV show and thought it had good... READ MORE
Isabella Roche
Conversations with Friends
A great read
Sally rooney's book is a very good read and i enjoyed it very much
Alison carroll
Conversations with Friends
Rooney is one to follow!
Sally Rooney’s debut novel is incredible. If you want an interesting novel with nuanced characters then you need to pick this up. I’m sure many people read... READ MORE
Peter Whyman
Conversations with Friends
Incredible!
Sally Rooney’s writing is just incredible! This novel about two strong and powerful women really grips you from the first page! The best author of our gene... READ MORE
Dottie Fennelly-Hunt
Conversations with Friends
Disappointed:(
I had high hopes for this book. Sally Rooney’s work is praised by just about everyone, and so I deceived to pick this up because there were LGBT themes tha... READ MORE
Rosa Wright
Conversations with Friends
Better than Normal People
I adore Normal People so thought I’d give this ago and I have to say that I think I love it more! Could not put it down.
Georgie
Conversations with Friends
Addictive
Sally Rooney’s writing is simplify effortless. It is hard to put this book down, I wanted to swallow the whole story and the characters in one sitting. I a... READ MORE
Samantha
Conversations with Friends
Better than normal people!
Thought this book was such a good read! Thoroughly enjoyed it
Betts Curtis
Conversations with Friends
Would not recommend
Unfortunately I found this book to be extremely boring and lacking of any real storyline. I gave up half way through as I felt it was so bad - what a waste... READ MORE
Pamela Graham
Conversations with Friends
Bland, tedious & boring
This one is a difficult book to review – From other reviews it seems like some people really like it but for me it was tedious, boring, and nothing really ... READ MORE
Lucy-Bookworm
Conversations with Friends
Complex and Compelling
'Conversations with Friends' (Faber & Faber, 2017) feels like a typical Sally Rooney book, navigating complicated relationships - romantic, platonic and fa... READ MORE
Laura Besley
Conversations with Friends
Insightful and heartbreaking at times
The novel really explores what it’s like to be on the other side of an affair. By being given Frances’s narrative we do not envy her for becoming involved ... READ MORE
Helen Dorogan
Conversations with Friends
Outstanding debut
It's not often that I read a book and the last page has me longing, even begging, for one more chapter or even just one more page. But Conversations with F... READ MORE
MaryEllen Sugden
Conversations with Friends
monumental!
I can say that this is one of my new favourite books. One thing is the effortless yet beautiful writing style, not over exaggerated, but not under exaggera... READ MORE
morgan
Conversations with Friends
Painful but Brilliant
This book is incredible. It doesn’t move quickly in terms of ‘events’ but that is for a very real reason. It tells the story from the undercurrent. The dee... READ MORE
Lori Hodson
Conversations with Friends
Fantastic! Would read again over & over!
I thoroughly enjoyed CWF! I had read this after NP; and I was concerned whether this would be a disappointing read to follow, but I must admit I honestly e... READ MORE
BookedUp
Conversations with Friends
Lovely read
I read this after Normal people, which I will write a review about. I really enjoyed Conversations with Friends, I liked the depth of each of the character... READ MORE
KD
Conversations with Friends
Conversations With Friends Book Review
Conversations With Friends follows Frances and Bobbi one summers night performing spoken-word poetry at an event. Despite no longer being in a relationship... READ MORE
BookishMolls
Conversations with Friends
Love it
I just finished reading this book and absolutely loved it! If you enjoyed *Normal People*, you'll really love this one—it’s even better! Sally Rooney’s wri... READ MORE
Inga Sackute
Conversations with Friends
Flawed first novel
I absolutely hated this book on first reading. I thought all of the characters were unlikeable. I thought they were entitled and despicable. Ha. I really d... READ MORE
Alison Lynch