/lit/ - Literature

>>21995553
She literally says she's exploring Marxist dynamics in her writing, retard. Also, I'm not arguing you have to like her characters in order to enjoy her novels or that they reflect Rooney's own level of personal maturity. They do reflect her personal beliefs and her work falls apart on the thematic level. What you're emphasizing is that you enjoy the melodrama and personality in her writing--to each their own. However, other than Francis all of her characters are weak and the way she deals with "class consciousness" in her work is just awful. Francis's dad is a drunk? Ok, a bit cliched (especially for Ireland) but good enough--you did a nice subtle job with her decent into self-harm so the focus is in a good place and I can over look the cliches. The mentally ill (again?) writer's boyfriend in BWWAY is a bisexual working-class manlet whose friends do the exact same scene twice (i.e. looking up the writer on Wikipedia and talking about how much money she must make)? Wow, that's some cutting commentary on class distinctions and becoming isolated due to social mobility--bravo.