Preceding both of her novels (to date), Mr Salary reads like a dummy run to Sally Rooney’s debut novel, Conversations with Friends, being quite similar in premise/characters/themes: a twentysomething student falls for a thirtysomething professional - complex relationshiperies ensue. Except, this being a short story, Mr Salary doesn’t explore the complexities of such a relationship and ends before that can happen.
That said, I still really enjoyed it. The dialogue is great, it’s immediately believable that Sukie and Nathan are years-long friends and you get a strong sense of the unspoken attraction crackling between the two, heightened by the forbidden fruit aspect. Rooney’s writing is as accomplished and smooth to read as always and I enjoyed the ever-present, tangible darkness shimmering beneath the misleadingly easy atmosphere of two friends reuniting.
It’s a little too short but if, like me, you’re one of Sally Rooney’s many new fans she’s gotten this year after her incredible book, Normal People, was published, not to mention long-listed for the Booker Prize, you’ll definitely want to read this while we all wait impatiently for her next novel!
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