Cúpla

by Ógie Ó. Céilleachair

Fifteen year-olds Sharon and Éile are twins. They may look alike but the two girls couldn’t be more different. Éile is a quiet and studious girl who does well in school. Sharon, on the other hand, is wild and always in trouble of one kind or another. It’s nearly time for the girls to sit their Junior Certificate and time for the troublesome twin to hit the books, but one day she sees something that shakes her to the core. Study is the furthest thing from her mind as she tries to forget her shocking discovery. Meanwhile, Éile is stunned and terrified as she watches Sharon spiral out of control. Can Éile help her twin sister? Or is it too late?

Genres: School, Irish Literature, Young Adult

44 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 5, 2011

Reviews

[Cúpla fan 666 · Rating 5 out of 5]

free my girl sharon she aint do nothing wrong 🙏🙏 open that cell let that cailín sráide outta jail nah 👊💯

[Scott · Rating 1 out of 5]

I read this to practice my Irish. It's great practice for the intermediate level, so I am glad I read it. However, it was a terrible book. I kept thinking that it would have a lesson to teach at the end (It's young adult, after all), something to make you feel good about your life. Nope. Don't expect that. I mean, I guess there is kind of a message, but it's the kind of thing I would expect from the 1950's to scare you into be behaving and never doing anything wrong. Terrible.

[Cupla Lover · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is honestly one of the best things I’ve ever read. Honestly the author did such a good job with such a fucking mess of a plot. First off all Sharon is a badass. She’s like the katniss Everdeen of Ireland if she had a drug addiction 💊 😋. The mom is honestly boring and a bit clueless honestly it’s good she got her leg dink donked off just to wake her up to reality. The only times we saw here were in a car crash, when she was eating food or staring out a window I mean like do better mairead you’ve got a husband whose name is Timmy and that’s not the thing you’re concerned about 🤨. Timmy is an asshole who probably smells like rotting Doritos and weighs about the size of two cattles🥰🐮🐮. No one likes éile. Éiles a bitch and if you like her you probably live in you’re granny’s basement and yell at a video of dream X George not found ship edits because they’re “not from the correct timeline”. Shes such a pick me bitch and she reminds me of one of those tiktokers in 2020 who made those pick me povs except she’s the pick me irl. Honestly she should’ve been in between those cars 🚘 😡. Éile I hate you and I’m coming for you, watch out bitch.

[Juliette · Rating 1 out of 5]

I will be doing this review in Irish for study

Ni mhaith liom cupla. Is fuath liom an leabhar an seo. Nil feidir liom e a thabhairt do naid realta, mar sin, thugaim realta amhain do.
B'fheidir go bhuil an lebhar seo an piosa litriochta is measa bhi an mishasamh orm riamh.

Ta an sceal faoi cupla, Sharon agus Eile. Ta Eile cinealta agus gramhar. Is brea lei na gcapall, ta capall aici, Charlie, agus duirt si scealta do Charlie. Ta si dalta go halann, ta si an cliste, agus deannan si go mahith i gconai. Ta Sharon sceal eile. Is brea lei do faiseanta, smideamh, agus rac-ceoil. agus a buachaill iad a cairde. ( Nil aon rud micheart le haon cheann de rudai sinn, ba léir go raibh an t-údar ag iarraidh an cúpla reibiliúnach agus olc a dhéanamh di ón tús.)

Go bunúsach is éard atá sa scéal ná an chaoi a dtéann Sharon síos poll coinín óil agus drugaí tar éis di a hathair a fheiceáil ag déanamh bréag ar a máthair. Cad iontach a rud a bheith a foglaim ar sa ranga tri bhlian gaeilge.

Is Fuath liom na caractairsa sceal sin. Ghrain me le Sharon. nil aon si inaithraithe, ach ta si faoin bru mor. Fos, ni mhaith liom an dumhal a rinne si a a hathair, ta se ina asshole iomlain, ach bainfimid e sin i gceann noimead. Nil aoun she an daoine deas e, agus molaim teiripe agua athslanu di chun déileáil lena tráma.

Is fuath liom le Timmy. Déanann sé an milleán ar a bhean chéile agus ansin cuireann sé an milleán ar Sharon as a dteaghlach titim as a chéile. Ag leamh mar gheall air rinne me fearg orm. Feidhmíonn Eile ar nós go bhfuil sí cúig bliana d’aois leath an ama. cen dheagoir ag caint le an gcapall? Ta se an amaideach. Mhothaigh me leithsceil an mhaithair, den chuid is mo.

ta an deiredh an sceal ufasach, agus e a choineall an gcuinne, is scriobh me seo roimh ag criochnu and sceal. D'inis mo chara an deiredh liom. Ta se an ufasach agus neamhreadiuil. Tean Sharon ar druagai agis maraionn si a athair agus a bhuachaill ar se timpiste bothar, ag faigail i fein pairilis agus a mahithr gan cos. Fannann Eile gan diobhail. Is dóigh liom gurb é morálta an scéil ná na drugai a pahaiti.

-cead/ cuig realta

[Cúpla Lover 2 · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." -Timmy an Tíogar

This book is the slap of cold water and the punch to the ghoulies that every balding middle aged man needs. It has drugs 👍🇺🇸🦅 and freedom. It also has a car 🚗 accident 😕 . Many will die attempting to read this book and suck the knowledge from the delectable salmon of knowledge. I don't really like salmon but salmon is the fish of the Irish as they are pink and give me a shit eating grin that always makes me very angry and raging so I grab the salmon by the TAIL and I bash it against a hard rock. Pee is dribbling down my leg.

[Patrycja · Rating 1 out of 5]

Tá an leabhar seo an rud is amadach a léamh mé ariamh!

[Carlos · Rating 5 out of 5]

50 shades of grey if it was good. (Could have done with more fortnite) (One cameo for peels wasn’t enough)

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bhí an scéal seo go hiontach i mo thuairim agus thaitin sé go mór liom. Thaitin an plota agus na carachtair liom mar tharlaíonn a lán rud i rith na seachtó leathanach agus bhí na carachtair an-soiléir. Bhí an scéal éasca le tuiscint ach ní raibh fhios agam a lán focal. B'aoibhinn liom an críoch mar is críoch aisteacha agus dian é. Mar sin féin, níl an scéal ró-deachair ach níl sé ró-éasca chomh maith. Mholfainn an leabhair seo do dhéagóirí cé go bhfuil Gailege idirmheánach acu.

[Charlene Baniqued · Rating 1 out of 5]

if there was anything educational about this book it would be not to kill my dad and boyfriend by drunk driving👍

[tameraa · Rating 1 out of 5]

ar dtús cheap mé cé hé an diva seo?
tar éis 30 leathanach bhí aiféala orm sin.

[Cúpla Fan 420 · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the best book I have ever read, truly a modern classic. It is inspiring and very insightful into the life of irish teenagers. If I had to make a critique of this masterpiece it is that every male in this life changing piece of literature needs to be put on the sex offender register also remove Éile. I hate Éile.

[katie✨️ stack :)]

scéal........ suimiúil

[Phoebe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Implied minor spolier review!

I had read this book to school but took the time to go though it myself. I find that it helped strengthen my vocabulary, it was a sort of revision to words I haven’t seen in literal years despite being a student (I tried to annotate or highlight in consistent manner), and upon reading it aloud, my speech has sort of improved as well. I am a fluent Irish speaker, and I would recommend anybody to read this if they’re looking for similar benefits. I 100% feel improvement, or simply stronger Irish. Read books like this out loud!

There isn’t really a proper moral to the story, ending a bit abruptly—and VERY unexpectedly in my opinion. The lack of moral put me off a little bit, and I agree with someone else who said that it has the capacity to make others anxious of mistake-making. It’s not particularly realistic, but upon looking to my classmates, what the heck. It’s not the most outlandish story, I’ll give Ógie that much. He expertly arouses hatred for Sharon. She’s just a, what did I learn, báirseach. That I know without without the other factors needing to exist. There are so many things she could’ve done differently, and I truly believe she holds at least half accountability. I don’t recall any peer pressure, but then again that can come in many forms, so it’s up for analysis.

All in all, I’m sort of happy that I read this? I did have to search up some less common words but some of them had context clues anyway which I gladly ‘deciphered’. I would recommend at least guessing before translating; I can admit feeling engaged when I went a page or two without whipping out foclóir.ie.
I would save a novella like this for someone who has a good enough understanding of Irish beforehand - someone who can hold an okay conversation with the occasional ‘did you hear that word I just said, I’m so knowledgeable’ vocab. But I won’t hold you back!

[Samuel Donald · Rating 1 out of 5]

Genuinely the worst book I've ever read. Whoever makes this a mandatory read for children must be removed from the department of education as soon as possible. I feel sick inside whenever I think of this awful, awful book.

[Sophia Altieri · Rating 1 out of 5]

The book was shit until the end
SPOILER
I'm just happy they killed Timmy he deserved it...asshole😊

[Ailbhe Sweeney · Rating 2 out of 5]

Had to read it for JC Irish :/

[colin.books (kit.conner's version) · Rating 1 out of 5]

cad as an leabhair seo?

[Sheldon Cooper]

I’m miss Meabh 💔😡😡🥶 there should have had Meabh in the book without her it’s kinda shite 🙏💥🫶🏻🎇🦅

[Iwanktocupla555 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Erm- hey uggie I #neverwanttoreadthisbookagain. It was so blooming special, I love the way you made Ellie a little annoying pick me bitch. She made me want to stomp her head into a curb everytime she opened her stupid fucking mouth. She should have been killed off. I wish Sharon had a knife to stab that little bitch . I need a sequel to this book where Ellie gets mauled to death by 17 small gorillas. Also uggie you my fav author you remind me of my great grandmother Betty white.

Speaking of Betty White, i got stung by a bee the other day and it kinda hurt my finger. When it stung I said "YOWSA!! YO WATCH IT YOU SILLY LITTLE BEE!!" The bee then apologised and told me it's life story. He told me a great tale about an avocado named Paul, who wanted to achieve greatness and become president of Japan. Paul ended up homeless and was taken in by two great warriors and went on many journeys with them. Eventually Paul found a wife and settled down and ended up birthing a bee, the bee that stung me. I chuckled a little hearing his story. It reminded me of how my parents came to be, but they weren't so great. They beat me. But they're dead now so that doesn't really matter. I really hope you get better soon uggie. Please come home. Your mother is worried she doesn't know where you are. All she wants is for you to live a happy life with senpai jake Paul. we know he cares for you and all, but we care for you too. If you want she could make your fav meal, hairy fingers. Please uggie she'll do anything for you to come home PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE UGGIE PLEASE FOR ME, FOR YOUR MOM, FOR PAUL, FOR THE BEE THAT STUNG ME, FOR MY DEAD PARENTS.

[Cúpla fan 21 · Rating 5 out of 5]

(SERIOUS REVIEW)
There is writing, and then there is literature. Cúpla, however, is whatever you want it to be. To you, it's your homework, to me, it's my porn. Not only did this book teach me irish, it taught me that taking drugs warrants death, and that grooming should be pardoned.

This book is nothing short of a masterpiece and I'm writing this review after my first reread. I hope some of you remember me (Cúpla fan 21, ógie's personal bitch) as I have returned to amend my words now that i have matured. To those who didn't enjoy this book, you simply lack the intelligence to understand it. Cúpla is a modern day Mein Kampf and the literary equivalent of 'Mask' by Dream.

However, I, unfortunately and regretfully, do have a few notes. Sharon, firstly, should not have been punished, but worshipped for being the most accurate representation of a woman in any medium ever (baddie, drugs, boys, crime). Éile should have been strung up and swung for being a nasty little goody two shoes snitch. Jack de grás should have been castrated and eaten alive and timmy an tíogar should have been forced to drink his own piss and gooned on.

As indescribably perfect as this is, the woke left have silenced us, Cúplanators. We must rise for our saviour. Ógie, you may have put down the pen, but I haven't put down my penis.
I have been off the drink and crack since I read this book, now I only save it for when I'm driving.

[Pomelo Ampersand · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book changed the trajectory of my life.
As an avid Cúpla enjoyer, I feel the only weakness that this glorious piece of literature happens to have is that Éile is pushed into the back corner for the majority of the story and when she is actually brought up her chapters drag on for so long. Like... why so leadranach???

Queen Sharon did not deserve what happened to her. Sharon has never done anything wrong in her life, ever. All the minor wrongdoings she does actually commit are never actually caused by her and instead by the people around her. Why isn't Jack de Grás, the creepo 18 year old driving around little girls, being punished? I mean Mícheal Ó' Laoire was.... but did the man really deserve that?? Sharon needs an autobiography written about her. I need to know that girls thought process.

Overall, Ógie never misses and has created yet another masterpiece, rivalling the works of Shakespeare and all the other writers and novelists. I think what the Cúpla fans need is a 2 hour long Cúpla movie, featuring an Irish cover of the song Yeah! by Usher (Sea! le hUsher) during the ending scene.

Where my Cúplets at?

[IVY · Rating 1 out of 5]

I haven't even read the full book yet and i hate it already. The plot is unimaginative and poorly written. The characters are stereotypical- Sharon is painted as the rotten, makeup-and-boy-obsessed, disobedient problem child from the very beginning. It is incredibly predictable. The only positive thing I have to say about it is that it takes skill to write in Irish.

[Ellen Evanoff · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a great read for an adult Irish language learner. It keeps your interest while using fairly simple vocabulary and sentence structure. Granted, it isn't too deep and it ends rather abruptly, but considering it was more a reader than a novel, it serves its purpose. I enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone learning Irish.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book to practice my Irish. The level suited me but the plot wasn't overly interesting. I did feel the dad was getting away with an awful lot and Sharon's life was the one really taking the brunt of his actions until the final few pages. I really wasn't expecting the twist at the end!

[Caroline · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dorcha go leor le haghaidh déagóirí agus roinnt laigí ann, agh ar an iomlán scéal suimiúil dea-scríofa do lucht an teastas shoisearaigh atá ann.

[Kiki]

Bhí mé ag leamh chun mo chuid Gaeilge a fheabhsú agus bhí an leabhar seo scríofa ag an leibhéal ceart domsa. Bhí sé drámatúil agus suimiúil freisin.

[Orlagh · Rating 3 out of 5]

An mhaith do daltaí ag an leibhéal idirmhéanach. Ar fheabhas chun do stór focail a nuachóirigh. :))

[Paddy Reddy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ní raibh mé róthógtha leis an scéal seo, go maith le haghaidh foghlaimeoir, ní raibh an friotal róchasta/éifeachtach.

[cúplafan261631 · Rating 5 out of 5]

CÚPLA 🔛🔝 🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣

[Chloe Carey · Rating 1 out of 5]

Extremely confused when i finished the book just had to take a step back from my class and think "what the hell did i just read" my girl Sharon didn't deserve that 💀