Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I read the rave literary reviews so I bought this. This was a very quiet book. The story of Marianne and Connell, who meet as high school classmates in a small County Sligo town. Class differences announce themselves almost from the beginning. Marianne is from a well off family, Connell is not. The book meanders through their burgeoning , yet hidden love affair, and then their lives at Trinity College and beyond. Nothing actually happens. Marianne and Connell aren't particularly endearing or likeable as characters either. I didn't find much to recommend this story. Writing was okay, not the lauded talent as described in many reviews.