I get the criticism and backlash to this (and Sally Rooney in general) but something here just spoke to me. It's at its core a book about white people having affairs and it gets messy, but something about it made me not want to put it down. The main characters aren't very likable and are all pretty selfish, but I found them compelling and related to all of them at different times. The writing is simple and seems effortless, but the she hits on certain things in the characters inner lives so convincingly that it never feels shallow (though really the plot is kind of shallow).

I'll note I did have to listen to the audiobook for this one (which was wonderfully narrated) because I can't stand the way Sally Ronney uses (or doesn't use) punctuation! Get over yourself and use quotation marks!