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**A privileged woman's perspective on how the working class can progress in society** The story to me was somewhat relatable but to me the character Connell, who is meant to represent a bright but poor kid, is flawed on many levels. Not every poor but bright kid is tall, popular and handsome. If Connell wasn't any of those things, would he have gone to Trinity? I doubt it. He becomes clinically depressed, but the story behind that isn't really explored in any depth and it doesn't relay how in reality if he was that depressed it's unlikely he would have stayed at university, and realistically would drop out or even top himself like his mate did. Many young people who are that ill and in those circumstances do. Also Connell wasn't at all likeable and his personality either didn't exist or wasn't written about well enough. The upside is the book confirmed why I would never have wanted to go to a university like Trinity even if I could have because a lot of the people who do go aren't ever worth meeting or knowing.