Conversations with Friends

A Novel

De: Sally Rooney

Narrado por: Aoife McMahon

A sharply intelligent novel about friendship, lust, jealousy, and the unexpected complications of adulthood in the 21st century

Frances is a cool-headed and darkly observant young woman vaguely pursuing a career in writing while studying in Dublin. Her best friend and comrade-in-arms is the beautiful and endlessly self-possessed Bobbi. At a local poetry performance one night, Frances and Bobbi catch the eye of Melissa, a well-known photographer, and as the girls are then gradually drawn into Melissa's world, Frances is reluctantly impressed by the older woman's sophisticated home and tall, handsome husband, Nick. However amusing and ironic Frances and Nick's flirtation seems at first, it gives way to a strange intimacy, and Frances' friendship with Bobbi begins to fracture. As Frances tries to keep her life in check, her relationships increasingly resist her control: with Nick, with her difficult and unhappy father, and finally, terribly, with Bobbi.

Desperate to reconcile her inner life to the desires and vulnerabilities of her body, Frances' intellectual certainties begin to yield to something new: a painful and disorienting way of living from moment to moment.

Written with gemlike precision and marked by a sly sense of humor, Conversations with Friends is wonderfully alive to the pleasures and dangers of youth and the messy edges of female friendship.

©2017 Sally Rooney (P)2017 Random House Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Readers who enjoyed Belinda McKeon's Tender and Caitriona Lally's Eggshells will enjoy this exceptional debut." ( Library Journal )

"[Sally] Rooney captures the mood and voice of contemporary women and their interpersonal connections and concerns without being remotely predictable.... A clever and current book about a complicated woman and her romantic relationships." ( Kirkus)

Awesomely sad and altogether great

It's a beautiful and unpretentious book about infatuation and attachment, about feelings which are not governed by morale or ethical principles, about times when we just cannot fight them.
The narration is amazing, as well.

In Love

This book made me feel so much in such a short amount of time.

Listened to this in one day!

I absolutely enjoyed this book so much. The complexity of the relationships can be so relatable to a person. The internal thoughts and overthinking aspects too. The want to keep things in and be strong. At least for me, I felt there were so many parts of the story where I found myself deep in thought or laughing because I could see myself having that inner convo.

Anyways, really enjoyed it! Going to watch the series on Hulu!

My favorite Rooney story yet

Words don’t do it justice, definitely give this a listen! I loved it and felt very connected with all of the characters, flaws and all.

I will not buy another Sally Rooney book unless…

I have time to binge it. I should have worked today, but I couldn’t stop myself from finishing such an emotional story. Thank you to Ms. Rooney and Ms. McMahon!

Compelling storyline, I actually loved

after seeing this book be recommended by a YouTuber, I added this as one of the first books to my audible. It’s been sitting in my catalog for almost 2 years. I don’t know why I never wanted to start this one, but after seeing a few TikTok’s recommending it again I had to try it out. I feel like the second time I read this will help me fill in a lot of blanks. I love these characters so much. I wish I could be friends with them all. Definitely check for trigger warnings, it caught me off guard in a few moments that actually made my stomach flip upside down. all hail, Sally Rooney.

Interesting point of view; glad I listened!

From my 60-year old vantage point, I found this book a stimulating exploration of a world outside my own. Heard an interview with the author on The New Yorker podcast, and the book was as interesting as she is.

God damn

This was very easily my favorite book of the past 12 months. She just nails the details of specific feelings. Highly relatable as a 20 something.

Similar to Normal People or the other way around.

It's an interesting story. It has similar instances as Normal People, which I read first. I enjoyed the story and I like how it doesn't end wrapped up. The characters are flawed which makes them relatable. All too often, I've read books where people that do the wrong thing are punished (the morals) but Conversations with Friends has realistic characters, morals be damned.

Excellent Story!

Great story, loved the complex characters and their moral dilemmas. Frances is so young and Nick seems lovely but broken.

Narration was great!