“I figure we’re all dying with every day, he says. So we might as well do what we want, before it happens.”
Will i Rosie upoznaju se kao tinejdžeri—ona zamišljena i oprezna, on nepredvidiv i slobodan duh. Godine ih razdvajaju, ali srce ih uvijek nekako vraća jedno drugome, iako oboje znaju da možda nikada neće biti ono što su mogli postati…
Čim sam vidjela da se roman uspoređuje sa stilom Sally Rooney, znala sam da ga želim čitati. I nisam se razočarala. Osjeti se ta sličnost—intimnost, emocije, odnosi koji bole i liječe u isto vrijeme. Sally je ipak Sally, ali ako volite njezin stil, Claire Daverley će vas osvojiti.
Autorica sjajno prikazuje dinamiku među likovima, tugu, bol i onu tihu melankoliju koja ostaje dugo nakon zadnje stranice. Ono što mi je nedostajalo bila je atmosfera mjesta—radnja se odvija u Engleskoj, u Norfolku, ali taj mali gradić ostaje pomalo nevidljiv. Često sam se pitala gdje se sve to događa, pa sam čak nekoliko puta googlala jer mi je sve zvučalo kao da je smješteno negdje u Americi.
Što se tiče likova—Will me potpuno osvojio. Osjećajan, empatičan, ranjiv… cijelo vrijeme sam mu željela sve ono što je i sam priželjkivao. Ne sjećam se kada me neki muški lik toliko dirnuo. Rosie, s druge strane, meni osobno jedan od najtežih likova—sebična, zatvorena, često frustrirajuća.
Volim romane s tužnim likovima, s pravim životnim problemima, one uz koje osjećamo da odrastamo, da smo dio njihove priče. Kad ih završimo, ostanemo pomalo emocionalno iscrpljeni, melankolični… Da, čudna sam, ali nekad mi baš paše biti tužna.
Ako ste voljeli Normalne ljude Sally Rooney, nemojte preskočiti Noćne razgovore.
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“I wish I’d done everything on earth with you, she says.”
Talking at Night – Claire Daverley
Will and Rosie meet as teenagers—she is thoughtful and cautious, he unpredictable and free spirited. Years separate them, but their hearts always somehow bring them back together, even though they both know they may never be what they could have been…
As soon as I saw that the novel was being compared to Sally Rooney’s style, I knew I wanted to read it. And I wasn’t disappointed. You can feel the similarity—intimacy, emotions, relationships that hurt and heal at the same time. Sally is still Sally, but if you like her style, Claire Daverley will win you over.
The author brilliantly portrays the dynamics between the characters, the sadness, the pain, and that quiet melancholy that lingers long after the last page. What I missed was the atmosphere of the place— it takes place in England, in Norfolk, but that small town remains somewhat invisible. I often wondered where all this was happening, and even googled it a few times because it all sounded like it was set somewhere in America.
As for the characters—Will completely won me over. Sensitive, empathetic, vulnerable… I wished him everything he wanted for himself. I don’t remember a male character moving me so much. Rosie, on the other hand, was one of the hardest characters for me to relate to—selfish, closed off, often frustrating.
I love novels with sad characters, with real life problems, the ones that make us feel like we’re growing up with them, that we’re part of their story. When we finish them, we’re left a little emotionally exhausted, melancholic… Yes, I’m weird, but sometimes being sad really suits me.
If you liked Normal People by Sally Rooney, don’t skip Talking at Night.
