Anyone watching “Normal People”

I expect the young people will like it because it's just about teenagers having sex ( twenty-five-year-old teenagers by the looks of it!) Being well past the age when I thought that watching other people having sex was interesting, I shan't bother again, although I suppose there are many others who will. TEDIOUS beyond imagining. Why can't they serve up something amusing and light-hearted ?

Sorry I started another thread in Chat I am so pleased that it wasn’t just me that found it rather tedious, won’t be watching anymore

I was impressed that a school girl was wearing matching underwear!!

I read the book for our book group last year. None of us liked it, found it tedious, but agreed that it might be because we are in our 70s and that younger readers would likely relate to it more. I think I'll give the series a miss.

A friend bought the book for me last year....I found it beyond tedious.It didn’t start badly though, but then just went on and on as if the author hadn’t planned beyond the middle of the book.I gave it until three quarters through then put out of sight!

I'm of the same opinion of Urmstongran, in that I was under whelmed by the book and never understood why it was raved about. Having said that, I think it may be like "Elizabeth is Missing", where the dramatisation, for me at any rate, was far better than the book, mainly due to Glenda Jackson's fantastic performance. I quite enjoyed the first two episodes, it is slow, but nevertheless found the two young leads quite mesmerising, albeit a bit too mature for school, especially the actor. I will stick with it though because I recall the plot takes them through the trials and tribulations of university life and beyond.

I thought the whole of the first part could have been wrapped up in about 10 minutes.

I watched it because my Partner wanted to. I found it rather slow and tedious;

I too read it last year. It was okay but I remember thinking it wasn’t brilliant. I won’t bother with the tv adaptation.
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www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/apr/26/normal-people-review-sally-rooney-bbc-hulu

I read the book last year and thought it was very well written but somewhat unsatisfying. But I suppose life can be a bit like that - there aren't always "happy endings" but quite often just "OK endings".

I think the TV adaptation is very good and I will certainly continue watching.

Watched the first part this evening. Didn’t bother with the second.

I thought the book was awful (but I kept on reading hoping it would improve). I was so cross with myself for falling for the hype and buying it. Dire and clunky.

We are reading the book for book club!

Set to record!

I am watching it for the first time tonight. I thought it was the first one ?