Intermezzo is a thoroughly beautiful novel. It delivers on so many levels, saying things about love and capitalism while interleaving Shakespeare quotes and building an engaging but realistic plot arc. I enjoyed every moment of reading this.
Rooney's phrasing is impeccable, making a lot of this read like poetry without losing pace:
Used to live around here, before. When she. Hardly know the neighborhood now, so different. And himself of course: different also.
The writing style, mostly the lack of quotation marks, which was okay in Conversations With Friends, really made sense to me this time around, how it let her seamlessly transition from interior to exterior dialogue.
Really great book: hard to summarize, but I recommend it to anyone looking for something engaging and beautiful. Don't expect a fun beach read, though.