My name is Belinda and I’m currently studying at the University of Brighton. Now more than ever our generation is addicted to our phones – even though we may never admit it. I realised recently that the hours I spend scrolling aimlessly through social media isn’t doing me any good. I needed to find something else to fill my time that could positively impact my life and mental health, and that’s when I chose to pick up a book…again. I remember when I was younger how much I used to love reading and the escape that came along with it and thought to myself that getting lost in a book could be the exact thing I needed.

Since reading more books, I have found myself being drawn to the TV/film adaptations and seeking out how they may or may not differ. Therefore, here I will be focusing on one of my favourite book to screen adaptations of Normal People by Sally Rooney.