As a result, she avoids telling people about her condition.ĭespite this book being called “Conversations with Friends” there are many themes of love. She fears she will be viewed as a “sick person” meaning she would be treated differently from her peers. She has to deal with the physical pain and also the implications that this illness might have in the future.

Throughout the novel, Frances tries to reconcile with her father and grapples with the fact that it is harder to connect with him than it seems.Ībout halfway through the novel, Frances suffers a reproductive health problem that hinders her life experiences as well. Her father had been distant since she was a child and pulled away from her several times. She has problems with her father and her health. Her passion for writing stays but she faces writer’s block at many different points in the book as she goes through personal struggles. She is quite blunt and cynical as well and can be really hard on herself.Īs a reader, you are rooting for her and only wish for the best but she tends to self-sabotage situations with school and her relationships. She goes in-depth on her views and relationships with Bobbi and Nick. As the book is written in first-person point of view, readers really get to see inside her head and understand the motivations behind her actions. Frances is captivated by Nick and his life with Melissa and upon spending more time with them, she begins to form feelings toward Nick that she does not know what to do with.įrances is a complex character that is written beautifully. Her world completely changes upon meeting famous photographer Melissa and her husband Nick. She and her ex-girlfriend turned best friend Bobbi do slam poetry together on the weekends. The story centers around Frances, a 21-year-old bisexual college student who has a close relationship with writing. The main setting is Dublin, Ireland in the early 2010s. It premiered with a series of the same name in May of 2022 on Hulu starring Alison Oliver and Joe Alwyn. “Conversations with Friends” did not disappoint. It is easy to compare author Sally Rooney’s 2017 novel “Conversations with Friends” to Rooney’s very popular “Normal People.” A lot of her fanbase joined after reading the latter with high expectations (myself included).

Sally rooney conversation with friends