While the success of Hulu’s adaptation of “Normal People” set the bar high for bringing Rooney’s source material to life, this second television venture remains aesthetically on par with its predecessor.

“Conversations with Friends” follows two university students - Frances (Alison Oliver, debut) and Bobbi (Sasha Lane, “American Honey”) - and a married couple - Melissa (Jemima Kirke, “Girls”) and Nick (Joe Alwyn, “The Favourite”) - as they navigate the relationships developing between the four of them through discussions of love, art, theory and politics.

The TV adaptation of Rooney’s debut novel “Conversations with Friends” is simply the latest addition to her already substantial imprint on contemporary literature and greater popular culture. In what the internet affectionately refers to as the “ Sally Rooney Cinematic Universe,” Rooney’s various creative endeavors include collaborations with everyone from Phoebe Bridgers to Phoebe Waller-Bridge (and no, they’re not the same person). Heralded as the “ voice of a generation,” critically renowned for her uncanny knack for capturing the zeitgeist of millennial malaise and certainly well-loved by the writers at this publication, Sally Rooney has quite rapidly become a household name.

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