Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Converses entre amics by Sally Rooney, Núria Parés Sellarés

75 reviews

corporatelobotomy's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

st333phanie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This story felt very human in an honest, uncomfortable and admirable way. I could literally feel the tension throughout reading certain moments in the plot and I didn’t know whether to root for certain characters and certain relationships, or feel ashamed for WANTING to root for them. Every character felt relatable in some aspect, good and/or bad. 

This was the first Sally Rooney novel I’ve read and I must say, I find her writing quite charming and engaging. It took me a while to get into the groove of the plot but by the second chapter, I was hooked! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Minor: Self harm and Medical trauma

allisondoesntread's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm and Medical trauma

xosevenusagbadan's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I was nervous to read Sally Rooney after reading and loving Normal People, but I think somehow I needed to read this books in the stage of life that im in right now. you have no time to think, this books just dives you into Frances’ life. I was completely sucked in even though on the surface I should not have been. I should have been confused and maybe even a but disturbed. It almost reminded me of The Stranger. I think if youre a woman in her 20s that loves to think and contemplate and desire, this book is for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Blood, Medical trauma, and Alcohol

Moderate: Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Miscarriage, Sexism, and Suicidal thoughts

maiaiaia's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma

Minor: Miscarriage and Self harm

vertibravia's review against another edition

dark hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infertility, and Sexual assault

tinalalatina's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

c_ourte's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Painfully relatable. I appreciated the characters (mostly Nick) a lot more the second time reading it. Sally Rooney’s writing scratched my brain in exactly the right spot. #freepalestine

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Self harm, and Medical trauma

Minor: Sexual violence

lescassowaries's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

It's very good. Vocalized important things for me. I think the TV show had some better choices. The criticism I've heard around this book is baffling to me. I think Sally Rooney's descriptions make the most sense. I find the characters deeply human. Very contemplative and I enjoyed the questioning of societal norms around human relationships. I find the end very hopeful in the sense of maybe things could be different, maybe we could relate to each other more honestly in a world that doesn't want us to be able to. The ending was the perfect ending. I think the way they handled the father situation was bizarre. I would have liked to dig more into Frances and Bobbi's relationship. I would have liked to know more about Melissa. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Mental illness, Self harm, Medical content, and Medical trauma

voikukka's review against another edition

dark funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

the language's poetic at many times and the parts where they actually have conversations with friends are interesting. however a good part of the book is just really boring with clichés in the plot and a taste of pretentiouness wchich i'm not sure is always intentional. i almost gave up halfway through, but it got better again towards the end.

i wonder if this would've made bigger impact on me had i read it when it came out and i was 21 myself and life was messy like this. probably. thank god i'm not 21 anymore and also that all in all the book turned out to be worth reading with some truly beautiful lines in there!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Alcoholism, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail