Hey everyone,
I am a 22 years old student in medical school and recently read the book „Normal People“ by Sally Rooney. I really loved the book and identified very much with the protagonist Connell and his thoughts.
As a younger kid, I was considered a bit of a nerd, I was physically pretty weak, girls ignored me and even though teachers would tell me, I am smart, I never really studied a lot and didn’t get the best grades. instead I only read books in the back of the classroom all the time.
When I got into college, I started to work on myself and finally got some self esteem. After going to the gym, becoming more socially involved, becoming top of my class and hosting parties I started to get more and more popular and a lot of girls started to see me as someone they would want to date.
Like Conell, however, I very much feel like, I am putting up an act. Those „popular girls“ that party every weekend and talk about how smashed they were and how many guys they hooked up with, don’t interest me at all, but because they are popular, I date them and even had a platonic relationship with one of them. Connells real and raw connection with Marrianne was incredibly inspiring and interesting for me and I couldn’t stop reading.
Now, I am looking for a book that touches a similar theme and that might help me learn more about myself and how to not feel like I am living two different lives. I‘d appreciate any recommendations and thanks for reading this whole paragraph!
by Regular_Blueberry840