Praise for Conversations with Friends:
A Publishers Weekly Pick of the Week
Vogue¡¯s 10 Best Books of 2017
Slate¡¯s 10 Favorite Books of the Year
Elle.com¡¯s Best Books of the Year
The Cut¡¯s Best Books by Women
Vulture's "Best New Paperbacks"
¡°A writer of rare confidence, with a lucid, exacting style¡¦ [O]ne wonderful aspect of Rooney¡¯s consistently wonderful novel is the fierce clarity with which she examines the self-delusion that so often festers alongside presumed self-knowledge¡¦ But Rooney¡¯s natural power is as a psychological portraitist. She is acute and sophisticated about the workings of innocence; the protagonist of this novel about growing up has no idea just how much of it she has left to do.¡±
- The New Yorker
¡°Rooney has the gift of imbuing everyday life with a sense of high stakes¡¦a novel of delicious frictions.¡±
- New York Magazine
¡°I love debuts where you just can¡¯t believe that it was a debut¡¦ Conversations with Friends paints a nuanced, page-turning portrait of a whip-smart university student in the throes of an affair with an older married man.¡±
- Zadie Smith, Elle
¡°The dialogue is superb, as are the insights about communicating in the age of electronic devices. Rooney has a magical ability to write scenes of such verisimilitude that even when little happens they¡¯re suspenseful.¡±
- Curtis Sittenfeld, The Week
¡°Sharp, funny, thought-provoking . . . a really great portrait of two young women as they¡¯re figuring out how to be adults.¡±
- Celeste Ng, "Late Night with Seth Meyers Podcast"
¡°This book. This book. I read it in one day. I hear I'm not alone.¡±
- Sarah Jessica Parker (Instagram)