Normal People (Book)

Normal People Age Rating and Parents Guide

Normal People is a famous romantic novel. The novel is written by the Irish author Sally Rooney. It is Rooney’s second novel, the book is published after the release of Conversations with Friends in the year 2017.

Normal People was first published by Faber & Faber on 30 August 2018. The book became a best-seller in the US, selling around 64,000 copies were sold in hardcover in the first four months after the release of the book.

The book consists of 266 pages and it is published in the English language. Normal People had won several awards like Costa Book Award for Best Novel in 2018, and the British Book Award for Book of the Year in 2019.

“Marianne had the sense that her real life was happening somewhere very far away, happening without her, and she didn’t know if she would ever find out where it was or become part of it.”

― Sally Rooney, Normal People

A critically acclaimed and Emmy-nominated television adaptation of the same name was released in April 2020 on BBC Three and Hulu.

Name	Normal People
Genre	Romance
Writer	Sally Rooney
Publisher	Faber & Faber
Age Rating	16+
No. of pages	266
Languages	English
Date of Publication	30 August 2018
Awards	Award for Best Novel (2018), the British Book Award for Book of the Year (2019).
Media Type	Print

Normal People Age Rating

Normal People is rated 16+ as it contains some mature scenes.

Age ratings are recommendations for parents and carers of kids to help them decide what is appropriate for their child depending on what stage of development they are at.

Normal People Parents Guide

Sexual Content

Elements of masochism or other abuse

Discussions of oral s#x, sexual fantasies, homosexual and bisexual relationships an so on

Profanity

God’s name is misused

Frequent use of words like f-k, pr–k, p—, d–k, and c–k

Marianne’s boyfriends abuse her.

Consumption of alcohol

Marianne tries cocaine and uses marijuana.

Connell’s friend kills himself

Normal People Characters

Here is a list of Normal People Characters:

Marianne Sheridan: She is a student and the protagonist of two novels. Marianne is a very intelligent girl but she is not popular at school.

Connell Waldron: He is a student and the protagonist of two novels. Connell is the most popular student at school and he is very reserved and shy.

Lorraine Waldron: She is a house cleaner and Connell’s mother, she is very kind and caring but does not hesitate to hold her son to high moral standards.

Alan Sheridan: He is Marianne’s older brother. Alan lives with his mother and he is very abusive to Marianne.

Denise Sheridan: Denise is a lawyer and Marianne’s mother. Denise is very rich. She is a widow.

Joanna: A History and Politics student at Trinity College. Joanna is Marianne’s closest friend.

Normal People Summary

The novel is about the complex friendship and relationship between two teenagers named Connell and Marianne. They both go to the same secondary school in County Sligo, Ireland. Connell is a student and the protagonist of two novels.

He is the most popular student at school and he is very reserved and shy, he started a relationship with the unpopular named Marianne Sheridan, She is a student and the protagonist of two novels.

Marianne is a very intelligent girl but she is not popular at school. They keep the affair a secret. Connell and Marianne always end up coming back to each other throughout their lives.

“Her eyes fill up with tears again and she closes them. Even in memory she will find this moment unbearably intense, and she’s aware of this now, while it’s happening. She has never believed herself fit to be loved by any person. But now she has a new life, of which this is the first moment, and even after many years have passed she will still think: Yes, that was it, the beginning of my life.”

― Sally Rooney, Normal People

Normal People Reviews

Sally Rooney has written a very beautiful and touching story of two teens from a small Irish town. Marianne is a student and the protagonist of two novels.

Marianne is a very intelligent girl but she is not popular at school, she belongs to a wealthy family but She has no friends on the other hand Connell is a student and the protagonist of two novels.

Connell is the most popular student at school and he is very reserved and shy. Their relationship becomes sexual but is kept under wraps from everyone.

The plot of the book is good but it is not appropriate for kids below 16 as it contains some mature scenes, profanity, alcohol consumption, and many more.

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