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Rated Love 10/10

A story about love and relationships that is intimate and sad and sweet, deeply Irish and specifically male. It’s so rare to hear men talk about love this way, but here it is—in classic Roddy Doyle style—presented almost entirely in dialogue, over pints. At times it moved so slow, I grew impatient, exactly the way one feels while waiting for their increasingly inebriated friend to just get to the damned point. And when it was over, I felt the way I feel after drinking too long and saying too much and listening too little to someone I loved. That’s good storytelling. <br/><br/>This started out as a ⭐️⭐️⭐️“liked it” but i upgraded to ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “really liked it” and eventually ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️as I thought about it more.

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Published 2026-01-07 12:19 UTC · bridged from Atmosphere